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<br />Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 5:00 PM, Friday, September 29, 2006 <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level remains at 15.5" below full. <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 86.7°l0 {410 million gallons} <br />• Approximately 128 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release rate} <br />• Current Eno River flow at the Hillsborough gage is averaging approximately 4.7 cfs {3.0 <br />million gallons per day}. <br />• Releases from Lake Orange remain at lower than usual levels as the greater portion of <br />instream flow has been natural flow generated by recent rainfall events. <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 9.6" below full <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 97.1°io <br />• In excess of 300 days 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 30.0" below full <br />• Water level at University Lake is 23.5" below full <br />• Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 85.6% <br />• Approximafely 3D0 days of water supply remaining (at current 7-day average daily <br />demand j'9.5 million gallons per days <br />National tiVeather Service/NOAA Regional Precipitation data (inches above [+] or Belo«~ [-] normal) <br />RDU Piedmont-Triad <br />-6.34" for 2005 -9.94" for 2005 <br />+4.59" since January 1, 2006 +5.63" since January 1, 2006 <br />+4.53" since September 1, 2006 +2.64" since September 1, 2006 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, updated September 26th, shows <br />Orange County -and all of the state with the exception of the extreme southwest corner - to be <br />in an area categorized as normal in terms of rainfall. <br />