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peak day need from Waterstone represents about 33% of the Town's remaining plant and reservoir. It The 501,931 y water committed water resources, including those from the future expanHfuture water supply, the is important to note, that while this is a significant allocation of Hillsborough's also represent a large development in an area the Town plans to grow. illsborou eh land area and location p o the proposed Waterstone development (and its potel2tial benefits to one of the prima y the quality f p P community) warrants allocating one -third of the Town water supplY possible approval questions facing the Town's Board of Commissioners a g and annexation of this project. Observations from Review of Water Ca acitP ore to bons lopment model, Hillsborough's peak day 1. After expansion and using the Total capacity in FY14 will be at 93 %• the future 2. The Town Board needs to review the assumptions to determine, the y indeed, l Hillborough developments listed in this analysis represent how, where, and when should grow. availability of long -term water resources might encourage the Town to consider °close providing water /sewer service reasonably close to the current 3. The limited c more cost effective to serve for both to the core of Hillsborough's service area will generally e m . the General and Water /Sewer Funds operations. limited long-term water supply underscores the importance of developxim zesedevelopment 4. The lima g land use plan and/or strategic plan to provide for logical growth financial and "quality of life" benefits to where it makes sense and yields the best to on how t balance competing growth interests and Hillsborough's citizens. Determining whey . philosophies in the community will obviously be extremely chat in supporting that are not even 5. There are likely to be developments Hillsborough ea er demand on the system's capacity. listed on this analysis, thus possibly putting gr there is a strong 6. Even with a much slower pace of growth than is projected in this model, possibility that Hillsborough will be looking for an additional water source in 2 years. p ty that will not be the case for '7. While Hillsborough currently enjoys a surplus of water capacity, not be Grove and long, after developments that have already been ikpp1O° ant to investigate a variety of g Hillsborough will likely Patriot's Pointe) are completed. Hence, water conservation measures in the future so as to extend and maximize the life of its water supply and treatment capacity. prevent methodology of this an was conservative in many respects, so to ° could render 8. While them gy overestimating Hillsborough's future supply, it is clearly possible ta athataare not identified, this study insufficiently conservative enough (i.e., future developments ts/hea rainfall could be making average and peak use numbers artificially low, recent drough �'y future droughts, etc.). Closing id the Water Capacity Analysis as a "draft" changes As was mentioned earlier in this memo, p lease consider e certain to occur. Please don't hesitate to contact the Town Manager if you have any and corrections ar - questions, suggestions, ideas, or concerns. Thanks!