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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : November 6 , 2002 <br /> Action Agen a <br /> Item No . .� . <br /> �CL <br /> SUBJECT : Resolution to Continue Water Conservation Practices <br /> DEPARTMENy <br /> T : Count Manager PUBLIC HEARING : (YIN ) No <br /> ATTACHMENTS } : INFORMATION CONTACT : <br /> Paul Thames , County Engineer , ext <br /> Resolution 2303 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS : <br /> Hillsborough 732 =8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 9684501 <br /> Durham 688 -7331 <br /> Mebane 336 -227 =2031 <br /> PURPOSE : As per the request of the BOCC , provide a resolution for Board review and <br /> approval endorsing ng the continuation of efforts and strategies to conserve potable water supplies <br /> in Orange County . <br /> BACKGROUND : For the last six months , Orange County has been severely impacted by <br /> prolonged and severe drought and ensuing shortages of potable water affecting residents <br /> depending on individual ground water and municipaktype surface water supplies . The County <br /> and the water suppliers have worked closely together to develop strategies ( public education on <br /> water conservation techniques , installing water conservation devices on plumbing fixtures , etc . ) <br /> and restrictions to protect the public health and welfare by prolonging the life of the area ' s water <br /> supplies through the drought period . <br /> It now seems , with the appearance of unseasonably early and unusually copious rainfalls of <br /> late , that the drought may be broken and the water supplies replenished . However , all of <br /> the threat of drought is real and that the heretofore unthinkable <br /> Orange County now knows that <br /> possibility that an entire region could run out of potable water is a credible threat to the public <br /> welfare . <br /> In dealing with the drought situation , the BOCC has recognized both the possibility of dire water <br /> shortage and the availability of simple technologies and strategies that can enable ei e hene to <br /> conserve a significant portion of the community ' s potable water demand . Accordingly , <br /> Board has determined to adopt a resolution recommending and requesting that residents and <br /> igilant for the possibility of disaster as well as to <br /> water providers of Orange County remain v <br /> continue to develop and implement the strategies necessary to avert that disaster by conserving <br /> potable water supplies by all practicable means . <br />