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- LqW OFiiCF3 <br /> CoLE LkN, GLEDH.ILL bt HARGR4 - 10 <br /> LAUGH,NOaie cYAYN�ave _ <br /> wsw awow 6AV GLnF Yi LL <br /> �OLEOX� <br /> November 29,- 3001 <br /> schema Epting, Esquire <br /> Epting & Hackney <br /> P.O. BOX 1329 <br /> Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514-1339 <br /> EE, Ccaservation of water during a water shortage <br /> Dear Bob: <br /> Enclosed is a cony Of the Crdinance adopted by orange <br /> County regarding water conservation rvation together with all of the <br /> amendments that se far asl =ad determine have been made to that <br /> Ordinance. As you can spa nothing has been done with it since <br /> 1937. The ordinance arose from the severe e drought in 1386 and <br /> a <br /> the fact that the Eno River was "pumped dry" Hillsboaough. <br /> The State, principally in itscdpacity as riparian land owner <br /> (the Eno River State Park) , threatened to take over the Eno <br /> River by designating is a capacity 'csewater system. under <br /> Chapter 143 of the North Caroline General statutes. A vclwoary <br /> allocation plan and the water c n rvation ordinance that is <br /> enclosed were the local response to the State's threat. <br /> there is n error which I s n the fifth line of the <br /> first paragraph inArticle 2 . I think that line should read <br /> "stags five without written sabstariaticn of the need for the <br /> excertion with its reduce=." My guess is that point is not <br /> signffirent to your interest in this Ordinance. <br /> I see nothing in the Ordinance Or its amendments that <br /> relate to measuring OWASA's water snpoly by reference to other <br /> than the University lake level. As we discussed, I recall that <br />