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3 <br />MEHORANDUM <br />TO:. County Commissioners <br />John Link, County Manager <br />FROM: Paul Thames, County Engineer <br />DATE: October 1, 1991 <br />SUBJECT: Purchase of the segment of OWASA owned 16 <br />inch water transmission main between Exchange Club <br />Park and Davis Road by the Town of Hillsborough <br />This report is submitted in response to questions asked by <br />the BOCC in regard to the engineering and economic <br />feasibility of Hillsborough's proposed purchase of a <br />segment of the existing OWASA 16 inch water,transmission main <br />for the purpose of creating a high pressure water service <br />area. <br />In my efforts to gather information regarding Hillsborough's <br />proposal. I have studied written documentation offered by <br />both the Town's consulting engineer. David Cain of <br />Finkbinder. Pettis & Strout, and the OWASA staff. On <br />September 30, 1991. I met with David Cain. Hillsborough Town <br />Manager Eric Swanson, and Ed Holland, Ron Williamson and John <br />Greene of OWASA to discuss issues of engineering concern <br />regarding Hillsborough's proposed acquisition of a portion of <br />the main. <br />Basically. Hillsborough has asked OWASA to sell a segment of <br />the 16 inch water transmission line, the whole of which lies <br />along Old NC 86_ between Calvander and downtown Hillsborough. <br />The segment which Hillsborough wishes to purchase is <br />approximately 17.000 feet long and lies between Davis Road, <br />which intersects Old 86 south of Interstate 40, and the <br />main's termination point near the Hillsborough Exchange Club, <br />which lies approximately 200 yards west of Churton Street and <br />south of the Eno River. Hillsborough proposes to use the <br />segment of the existing main from Mayo Drive to Oakdale drive <br />to establish a high pressure water zone. which would help the <br />Town to provide adequate and stabilized water pressure in the <br />existing water line loop serving the customers in the roughly <br />triangular area bounded by Mayo St, Churton St, Orange Grove <br />Rd and Oakdale Drive. The Town proposes to use the existing <br />segment of 16 inch main between Mayo St and the Exchange Club <br />