Orange County NC Website
<br />Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 10:00 AM, Thursday, August 17, 2006 <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level is 8.5" below full (dropping at less than 0.5" per day for the time being}. <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 91.5% {435 million gallons} <br />• Approximately 131 days of water supply remaining {at Capacity Use specified release rate) <br />• Current Eno River flow at the Hillsborough gage is averaging approximately 3.0 cfs (1.94 <br />million gallons per day}. <br />• Eno flaw levels are currently well below historical median flows (approximately 10 cfs) and <br />have been for the last two weeks. Controlled releases for instream flow from both the Lake <br />grange and West Fork reservoirs are maintaining streamflow at the current level. <br />• Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions at Stage 1 have been in effect since August 5, 2006. <br />West Fork Reservoir <br />• Water level is at 2.5" below full <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 99.3°io <br />• Approximately one year of water supply remaining (assuming Town's current daily demand <br />and releases for streamflow augmentation} <br />OWASA Reservoirs <br />• Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 11.0" below full <br />Water level at University Lake is 16.5" below full <br />Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 93.6°l0 <br />Approximately 300 days of water supply remaining (at current 7-day average daily <br />demand ['10.2 million gallons per days <br />National ~ti'eather Service/NOAA Regional Precipitation data (inches above f+l or belo«~ f-1 noi•~nal~ <br />RDU <br />-6.34" for 2005 <br />-1.29" since January 1, 2006 <br />+5.34" since June 1, 2006 <br />11-1iscellaneous notes <br />Piedmont-Triad <br />-9.94" for 2005 <br />+1.80" since January 1, 2006 <br />+9.64" since June 1, 2006 <br />The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, updated August 8th, no longer <br />shows any portion of Orange County to be affected by any drought or even "abnormally dry" <br />condition. <br />