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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 16, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-f <br /> SUBJECT: Triangle Water Supply Partnership Memorandum of Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Triangle Water Supply Partnership Craig Benedict, Director, 919-245-2592 <br /> Memorandum of Agreement Howard Fleming, Erosion Control/ <br /> 2. Map of Triangle Water Supply Stormwater/Engineering Supervisor, <br /> Partnership Proposed Participants 919-245-2586 <br /> James Bryan, Staff Attorney, 919-245- <br /> 2319 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider entering into a Memorandum of Agreement with Triangle local <br /> government jurisdictions and their water supply authorities to create a successor to the Jordan <br /> Lake Partnership, to be called the Triangle Water Supply Partnership, a regional water supply <br /> planning organization. <br /> BACKGROUND: The agreement which created the Jordan Lake Partnership expires next year. <br /> The Triangle Water Supply Partnership (TWSP) is proposed as the successor to that <br /> partnership to continue providing a forum for coordination and collaboration for sustainable <br /> water supplies for the region and provide an opportunity for other regional utilities to join. The <br /> Parties (Participants) have negotiated a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) defining the <br /> terms of this regional effort (Attachment 1), which is presented for the Board's consideration. <br /> Jordan Lake is the water supply for Cary, Morrisville, Research Triangle Park (RTP) South, <br /> Apex and Chatham County. Communities in Wake, Durham, Orange and Chatham counties <br /> also have Jordan Lake allocations for future water supplies. Orange County was recently <br /> approved for a 1.5% allocation of the lake's water supply by the North Carolina Department of <br /> Environmental Quality. <br /> The Jordan Lake Partnership (JLP) is one of the best examples of regional cooperation to meet <br /> Orange County's commitment to ensure economic self-sufficiency and high-quality, safe, <br /> affordable, and reliable water services to meet the needs of our residents and support continued <br /> growth. Orange County has been a JLP partner since 2009. The JLP has served as a forum for <br /> coordination and support during the state's most-recent round of Jordan Lake water supply <br /> allocations. <br /> Over the past nine years, the JLP has helped the County and its partners obtain new Jordan <br /> Lake water supply allocations from the state to meet anticipated future needs, created a 50-year <br /> regional water supply plan, developed a comprehensive hydraulic model of the region's water <br /> systems and interconnections, and revised Jordan Lake drought contingency planning. Joining <br />