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<br />Orange County water supply reservoir water levels <br />Available information as of 2:00 PM, Tuesday, October 12, 2006 <br />Lake Orange <br />• Water level at 18.5" below full. <br />• Water storage capacity remaining is 84.8% {403 million gallons} <br />• Approximately 127 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release rate) <br />• Current Eno River flow at the Hillsborough gage is averaging approximately 3.3 cfs (2.13 <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% <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 33.8" below full -see note 1. <br />Water level at University Lake is 31.5" below full -see note 1. <br />Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 83.2% <br />Approximafely 3Q0 days of wafer supply remaining (at current 7-day average daily <br />demand 9.0 million gallons per dayJ) -see note ~. <br />National Weather Service/NOAA Regional Precipitation data (inches above ~+~ or <br />below ~-1 normal) <br />RDU Piedmont-Triad <br />-6.34" for 2005 -9.94" for 2005 <br />+4.15" since January 1, 2006 +5.34" since January 1, 2006 <br />+4.09" since September 1, 2006 +2.35" since September 1, 2006 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />1. OWASA website data on reservoir levels and water demand last updated 10111/06. <br />2. The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, updated September 28t", 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 />