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VIKING A WATER SHORTAGE, RESTRICTING THE USE OF WATER AND WATER WITHDRAWALS, AND ALLOCATING AUGMENTED STREAN.FIAW MGM RESERVOIRS. 1E W.=E_AE, University Lake - is a significant so u ce of raw water from which the orange Water and sever Authority Supplies water to Orange County; and W.?EREAS, a critical wltar SCpply condition exists on fee Upper Eno River with. only Lake Orange DO rely upon' in times of drought as a significant reserve Water source for (a) supplying Hillsborough, Orange Water and Sewer Authority, and Orange Alamance, and for (b) augmenting streamflow in the Eno River to assimilate waste discharge from the Town of Hillsborough Wastewater Treatment Plant; and WHEREAS, the level of both University Lake and Lake orange must be managed to insure that Orange County citizens have essential supplies of water in these reservoirs can extend the tine and availability of valiesfor all users during critical periods; and WHEREAS, some degree of demand reduction and coomeration by the users of the water these reservoirs can extend the time and availability of s upplies for all users during critical periods; and W2RT--ASj no user has the right to withdraw a disproportionate share Of the augmented Flow nor reduce natural Etreamflow such that other downstream ri_earian needs and instrean needs cannot be satisfied; and WHEP AS, General Statutes Section 15SA-121 authorizes own=s of stared water to set =lea to govern water allocation during drought periods; and wRzpnis, orange County has developed conservation rules and an allocation plan based upon monthly raw water withdrawal records, modeling of streamflow conditions as have existed over a 60 year period by the North Carolina Division of Water Resources, and culation of the 7-day 10 year low flow at Lake Ben Johnson. NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes Section 153A-121, ORDAINS: ARTICLE 1 water Shortage and Withdrawal/conservation Restrictions A. Wn11e water is flowing over the Lake Orange Eoillway, normal c - ditions will be deemed to exist with no withdrawal or consarva- tion restrictions to be enforced. A Water shortage shell be declared to exist with respect to Taks Orange, whenever the level of Lake Orange reaches the second O: seven stages shown on Table 1, or Whenever emergencies develoc such that citizens cannot be supplied with water to protect their health-, safety and welfare without no ..—ailing the water demand. Conservation =assures and a limit o withdrawals shall be insti- tuted upon reaching the alert stage and made m restrictive through successive stages of drought in an effort more Drclong the availability o water, Each mablic water user must m e Ic allow- ance to pass below its intake facilities the prescribed minimum