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TRIANGLE AREA WATER SUPPLY WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROJECT 6 <br />AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT <br />ATTACI=IlVIENT A <br />SUMMARY OF TAWSMP WORK PROGRAM FOR PHASE V: <br />FY 2004 - FY 2007 <br />Since it began in 1988, the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project has made significant <br />progress towards the goals and objectives originally established for the project. Through the <br />project, participating local governments have worked together to establish a stronger base of <br />information upon which to determine long-term changes in water quality. The project has also <br />increased our understanding about the presence or absence of synthetic organic chemicals in the <br />Triangle Region's drinking water supply sources. This data is important to local and state <br />agencies responsible for the provision and protection of drinking water supplies. <br />The Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project Steering Committee, which is composed of <br />representatives from each participating local government, recommends that this cooperative <br />monitoring project continue. The Steering Committee recommends the following: <br />1. that water quality monitoring be continued at the sites and frequencies, and for the <br />parameters listed on Table 1 of the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project <br />Proposal for Phase V (see Attachment C); <br />2. that stream flow gaging be continued at the sites also shown on Table 1 (see Attachment <br />C); <br />3. that data collection at existing tributary sites be increased during high-flow event; and <br />4. that the presence of emerging water-quality contaminants such as pharmaceutical <br />compounds and antibiotics be determined at 7 sites near water-supply intakes as shown <br />on Table 1 (see Attachment C). <br />5. that a report be published that includes analysis of water-quality trends for data collected <br />through 2005. <br />During Phase V, the Steering Committee will work with the U.S. Geological Survey to increase <br />public awareness and understanding of the Project and the quality of water-supply sources in the <br />region through periodic progress reports, press releases, presentations, and by maintaining a <br />Project web site. <br />Page 12 of 14 <br />