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2 <br /> Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br /> OWASA OWASA is Carrboro-Chapel Hill's not-far-profit public service agency <br /> delivering high quality water,wastewater,and reclaimed water services. <br /> January 26, 2023 <br /> Mayor Pam Hemminger Mayor Damon Seils Chair Jamezetta Bedford <br /> Town of Chapel Hill Town of Carrboro Orange County Board of <br /> 405 Martin Luther King Jr. 301 West Main Street Commissioners <br /> Blvd Chapel Hill,NC 27514 Carrboro,NC 27510 Post Office Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough,NC 27278 <br /> Dear Mayor Hemminger, Mayor Seils, and Chair Bedford: <br /> We are pleased to submit this report on our services,projects, and initiatives since October 2022. <br /> This report includes information on the following items: <br /> 1. PFAS Monitoring <br /> 2. Lead and Copper Rule <br /> 3. Annual Water Treatment Change <br /> 4. Affordability Program <br /> 5. Diversity and Inclusion <br /> 6. OWASA Board Updates <br /> 7. Cane Creek Reservoir Solar Array <br /> 8. Western Intake Partnership <br /> 9. AVID Tours <br /> 10. Key Infrastructure Investments <br /> PFAS Monitoring: <br /> OWASA is continuing to make progress on the expansion of our ongoing PFAS Monitoring <br /> Program after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced updated health advisory <br /> levels on June 15, 2022, for four compounds in drinking water that are part of a group of <br /> compounds called PFAS. The Health Advisory Levels are not regulatory but are the lowest level <br /> a health effect can be measured over a lifetime of exposure,particularly among the most <br /> vulnerable members of our community. <br /> We expect the EPA to announce new regulations on PFAS in drinking water soon; the initial <br /> schedule was for these to be released before the end of calendar year 2022. These regulations <br /> will be what OWASA, and other water providers, will be required to meet moving forward. <br /> We have expanded our ongoing PFAS monitoring to include University Lake (which was <br /> involved in the initial testing several years ago but showed lower levels than Cane Creek <br /> 400 Jones Ferry Road,Carrboro,NC 27510 0 919-958-4421 ® info@owasa.org V @oWASA_NC 0 www.owasa.org <br />