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IV. Approval of May 10 , 1999 and June 14 , 1999 Minutes . A correction to the May 10 , 1999 minutes was noted on page six as shown below in bold : "Rafalow noted that the education activities become more the responsibility of all CFE members and volunteered to be the coordinator for input to the CFE web site . " MOTION : Crissler moved to approve May 10'' and June 14 minutes . Seconded by Okun. VOTE : Unanimous . V. Water Reclamation Program Stancil introduced the speaker, Ed Kerwin, Executive Director from Orange Water and Sewer Authority . Kerwin explained that OWASA is the retail supplier for water and sewer for Chapel Hill and Carrboro with UNC being the largest consumer (about 30 % of the water sold) . OWASA has two water surface reservoirs , Cane Creek and University Lake where the water is pumped to the Jones Ferry Road treatment plant, (a 15 million gallon a day operation) and then provided to customers through about 320 miles of pipeline . When the community is finished with the water, the wastewater is piped to the Mason Farm Wastewater Treatment Plant where it is treated to appropriate levels and discharged to Morgan Creek. Kerwin explained that reclaimed water is taking that highly treated wastewater effluent, treating it further, and then providing it to users for non-potable purposes such as irrigation, and cooling for industrial plants . He continued describing the process saying that the current wastewater treatment plant treats the wastewater to eliminate 90 - 95 % before discharging to the stream . The receiving water completes the cleaning process without any adverse impact to the stream . OWASA has a permitted capacity of nine million gallons per day at the Mason Farm plant . With expansion underway to expand the capacity to twelve million gallons per day to meet the needs for the next ten to twelve years . Kerwin explained the reclaimed water process was the treating of the 90 - 95 % treated effluent again through a final filtering process where it receives a high level of disinfection, then it can be used for non-potable purposes . This type of re -use of water is practiced thought the country, driven by supply and demand of consumers . Reclaimed water use has been practiced many years by using sophisticated dual distribution systems with excellent records of acceptance as environment suitable and in protection of public health . OWASA is recycling some water at the plant for process purposes however, reclaimed water isn 't being provided off site at this time . OWASA has studied the feasibility of reclaimed water for the service area such as Finley Golf Course (located next to the plant) , University use of irrigation and cooling , and Meadowmont Development for irrigation . OWASA is approximately halfway through a comprehensive water and sewer master plan studying every aspect of operation, projecting what the demand for services will be over the next fifty years , and what resources will be needed to meet the projected needs . Reclaimed water will be an important option. Kerwin noted that the closest potential reclaimed water operation implementation is the Finley Golf Course . The re -built golf course is set up with pipeline to use reclaimed water . They are currently using water for irrigation directly from Morgan Creek . The water from Morgan Creek Last updated 08/ 17/99 2