2018-739-E Planning - Triangle Water Supply partnership MOU

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Memorandum of Agreement Triangle Water Supply Partnership Exhibit 1 Fiscal Year 2019 5-Year Project and Funding Plan Cost Allocation Basis Annual Dues will be allocated according to a three-tiered dues structure based on each Participant's number of water connections at the time of budget adoption: a) Tier 1: 0-9,999 water connections - pays Base Rate b) Tier 2: 10,000-49,999 water connections -pays 2 times Base Rate c) Tier 3: 50,000+ water connections -pays 3 times Base Rate Large Projects • Regional Water Shortage and Response Planning: This project will support regional reliability, resiliency and redundancy, using the Interconnection Model developed by the Jordan Lake Partnership, and the North Carolina Division of Water Resources' OASIS model of the Neuse/Cape Fear Basins, to further understand the capabilities and limits of the Triangle Region's present water supply network. The goal will be to estimate infrastructure investments needed to meet future needs—at both the regional and local scale--during sustained or short-term shortages or constraints such as short-term or longer-tenn infrastructure issues, water quality issues, or long-terns regional drought. • Triangle Regional Water Supply Plan: This Plan will be much more than a simple update of the Jordan Lake Partnership's Plan. This new plan will include the larger Triangle Water Supply Partnership membership and a comprehensive evaluation of potential water sources. • Emergency Spill Response and Mitigation Plan Coordination: Develop an appreciation for how each supplier's responses rely on coordination with others, and lay the ground work for that coordination &pre-planning by: assessing potential types, sources, and risks of sudden contamination of raw water supplies; e.g., tanker spill, airline crash, petroleum pipeline release, etc.; identify how consequences and responses to such incidents would differ according to the water supplies affected; e.g., regional sources, such as Falls/Jordan Lakes, or more local supplies, such as University Lake; possible project elements might include a regional inventory of local response plans & capabilities, opportunities to collaborate, suggestions on best practices, etc. • Interconnections Model Maintenance: The Interconnections Model will be updated about every five years. The Regional Water Shortage and Response Planning Project will effectively update the Jordan]Lake Partnership's Interconnections Model so the first anticipated occurrence of this project is FY24. August 7, 2018 Page 32 of 35