Agenda - 09-14-2021; 12-2 - Information Item – Memorandum Regarding Administrative Updates to the Eno River Voluntary Water Management Operations Plan (WMOP)

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5 The limited capacity of the basin requires these users to be subject to the following controls. Hillsborough Water System The Hillsborough Water System will be allowed to withdraw a maximum of 1 ,510 ,000 gallons of water per day from their intake at Lake Ben Johnston. Maximum allowable withdrawals will change as the lake levels at Lake Orange change . Table 1 indicates the maximum allowable withdrawal at successive storage levels. The Orange-Alamance Water System The Orange-Alamance Water System will be allowed to withdraw a maximum of 820 ,000 gallons of water per day from its intake at Corporation Lake. Allowed withdrawals will be reduced as storage at Lake Orange is reduced. Table 1 indicates the maximum allowable withdrawal for given storage levels at Lake Orange. Piedmont Minerals Piedmont Minerals will be allowed to withdraw a maximum of 900 ,000 gallons of water per day from their intake in the Eno River below Lake Ben Johnston when flows at the Eno Gage are 14 cfs and above. This will be reduced to 430 ,000 gallons per day when flows are between 14 cfs and 4 cfs. Below 4 cfs, the maximum allowable withdrawal will depend on the storage and lake levels in Lake Orange, as shown in Table 1 .