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Orange County ~?Vater Supply Reservoir «~ ater Levels Available information as of 2:00 PM, Thursday, December 1, 2005 Lake Orange • Water level has risen to a point of 5'9" below full from a law of approximately $'-1"below full) • Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 50% {237 million gallons) • Approximately 86 days of water supply remaining fat Capacity Use specified release rate, however, current release is minimal -see note 3 below) • Eno River Capacity Use Restrictions returned to Stage IV as of 11/28/05 and the current water level returns restrictions to Stage III as of 2:00 PM today. ~~Vest Fork Reservoir • grater level is 2'-5" below full • Water storage capacity remaining is approximately 88.7% • Approximately 250 clays of water supply remaining (assuming Town's current daily demand and releases for sh-eamflow augmentation, as well as releases normally supplied by Lake Orange) OWASA Rese~~roirs • Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is 7'-10" below full • tVater level axtJniversity Lake is 6'-1.8" below full • Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 59.5% • <4ppr•oximately 280 days of water supply ternaining (at cun•enf average weekly demand) Regional Precipitation data (inches above [+] or below [-] normal) RDU • -6.70" for 2005 • +0.75" for November 2005 • -3.81" since September 1, 2005 Piedmont-Triad • -10.48" for 2005 • +0.67" for November 2005 • -3.75" since September 1, 2005 1Vliscellaneous notes 1. Eno River Capacity Use Agreement conditions for Stage IV include 450,000 gpd release from Lake Orange to maintain instream flow. 2. Recent high flows in the Eno have, for the time being, eluninated most of the effects of beaver activity and the formation of a number of the in.stream catchments. 3. Current release from Lake Orange is approximately 0.5 cfs as necessary to provide minimal flow in the Eno River east fork bettiveen Lake Orange and confluence of east and west forks. Since 111812005, all other demands, including Piedmont Minerals, Orange-Alamance, instream flow, channel loses, etc., are being met by release from Hillsborough ttirest Fork Reservoir.