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33 aesthetic or recreational purposes. These individuals have also expressed concerns about a pot miad and needless decimation the fish population of lake Orange should the lake be drawn down u fir as Capable while lsrgs q m aces vfwata remain in Comfy will Fovgh reservoir. Ilsbomr,Ne Edo Rive Capacity Use Agreement specinly that Omvge Comry will provide warn b Hillsborough and limits what the no provi mdyin regard mthe amount of water ofthe man on lake. The of to Use .4greememt contains m provision whet limits the w as acoals of buying ing— users ran the bassy-was any availability other wmcs (Duies,n, OW obtainedasarepWt Ore.)or dtheehing rred= water to fiom other water utilifies(Dmham. OWpSA,Mebeve{imham,emJ or of developing evolhareservcir. Another item of interest m to HOCC maybe a divergence in the way that the County's warm conservation ordlamm(implementing voluntary or mamdamry water restricfiovs on inc[MdoW warm,. customers end dome)and FElisborough's water conservation ordinance are applied. The County (Inhuman is not applicable with the municipal Writs ofHillsbomugh The Town lies in own wets conservation ordinance,but it has historically tracked fanly closely with the County oulmoue in terms of when it is implemeorN and the nature end tent of the wamruse resvictioms. Rowena, Hilbbamugh has spent a great deal of money(and raised its utility rates accordingly)to eliminate or relieve those ivwvvevimem related to water shortage renuttiaas on water me. It is therefore mNkely ma Hillsborough will demand Nat in customers reduce then water use or that its water me;ordintom: will condme to track with the County ordinance since wafer supplies from the vewreservon me available at a cost moody absorbed w its utility mos. One last Eno Rivecrtake Orange issue that may,be of interest to the HOCC is the Moody reporml me of been quantities of Em River waters to provide brigatiom f alarge turffmmm,operation just mamnm mflake f September ber have re oavcahat normal empiadrop now m wake level ro lake o rage during the mouth of,whileberhave reported!that normal Ay,season maw iby the lake from wal of water three sedimentation ponever subst antial,hasbarnentirelyelimwaredbydvvaMed by Comfy from the sedimevted0op wwNosedibuteW Thesereportshive not bcenverided by Comrystud but have been Cussedly cant the Division ofWaT¢Resovrees(OWR).where there aedaffrepons Nut[lure usiregontory co¢unlOver such wium supls,. Thatmcaseswhere Nateammdmooumbeco ex subject designation coat rmentforthemw wamre Eno That ereto bvcsomsmimg naadwwvuld become subject to water use reIfego water aniseem w uld River were to become a mandatory opacity uac area In that even;my wrthdrrmads.and all large water uses would be subject to capacity use restrictions on water wiNdmwals. If Imay provide edy,additional information or clarification on this ism,please advise.