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9 <br /> Cy Stober, Planning Director, continued the presentation: <br /> Slide #13 <br /> Capacity Use Agreement for the Eno <br /> River <br /> • 1988 with revisions in 1989, 1990, 2000, and 2021 <br /> • Result of a Capacity Use Investigation by the(now) INC Department of <br /> Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources (DWR) <br /> • Issues with using the Eno River as a dependable water supply, especially during <br /> times of drought <br /> • The voluntary agreement avoided formal designations and regulations <br /> • Equitable use of the water resources while providing for minimum flows on the Eno <br /> River <br /> • Water Management Operations Plan with quarterly and annual reports, <br /> administered by DWR <br /> Cy Stober said that the county has an obligation to the downstream users and to the state <br /> to assess potential catastrophic disasters if the dams were to fail. He said this goes beyond the <br /> flood plain notifications and acts as a stress test that the state requires on a regular basis. <br /> Slide #14 <br /> Capacity Use Agreement for the Eno <br /> River (cont.) <br /> • All water users in the Eno River Basin who withdraw more than 100,000 gallons <br /> of water per day from surface water or groundwater sources are subject to the <br /> management controls of the plan <br /> • Town of Hillsborough --Lake Ben Johnston and West Fork Eno River Reservoir <br /> withdrawal and reservoir releases. <br /> • Orange-Alamance Water System--Corporation Lake withdrawal and reservoir <br /> releases. <br /> • Resco Products (formerly, Piedmont Minerals)--Eno River withdrawal. <br /> • City of Durham--Eno River withdrawal. <br /> • West Point Grist Mill --Eno River. <br /> • Irrigators whose monthly average withdrawal exceeds 100,000 gallons per day. 441 <br />