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S I. Project Activities Since its formation in 1992, the Water Resources Committee (or WRC for short) has worked steadily to learn more about the County's groundwater resources, with the eventual intention of helping the County coordinate and integrate planning for surface water and ground water. Because of the long-range, scientific nature of this project and the need far substantial research, much of the Committee's time and energy has been engaged in review and discussion of the major products of the report - a pair of published ground water studies from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on the County's ground water, and a related map report also published by USGS: 1. Ground~Water Rechar a to the Re olith-Fractured C stalline Rock A uifer stem in Oranae County, North Carolina, by Dr. Charles C. Daniel III. This report was a pilot project recharge rate study performed by USGS in collaboration with the County, published in October 1996, 2. Susceptibility of Ground Water to_ .Surface and Shallow Sources of Contamination, Orange County. North Caroln_ar by Silvia Terziotti and Jo Leslie Fimers. Prepared in conjunction with #3 below, this 1999 map report ,illustrates the areas of the County that are most susceptible to ground water contamination. 3. Investi ation of Ground-Water Availabili and uali in Oran a Coun North Carolina, by William L. Cunningham and Dr. Charles C. Daniel III. This, ,the primary project of .the Water Resources effort, was athree-year ground ,water resource investigation, also conducted by USGS and the County on a cost-share basis. The review and discussion of the above reports commanded the majority of the Committee's time. However, over the seven years of the project a number of other activities were also performed. Several. key milestones in the Water Resources Project are outlined below: