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OWASA ORANGE WATER & SEWER ALITHORIT°Y°~%~`~~>~`. ;'r ~ ~~~ ualit Service ~ncer~-977 ~;~ ,, ~~ - w'ti %.,.4 t~ ~~ i March 6, 2003 • ~ , ...,. ~ ; ~~ ,- ~_-~ ~/' `-./ Ms. Margaret Brown Mr. Kevin Foy, Mayor Mr. Michael Nelson, Mayor Chair, Orange County Boazd Town of Chapel Hill Town of Carrboro of Commissioners 306 North Columbia Street 310 West Main Street Post Office Box 8181 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Carrboro, NC 27510 Hillsborough, NC 27278 SUBJECT: PROPOSED NEW WATER CONSERVATION STANDARDS Deaz Margaret, Kevin, and Michael: On Thursday, February 27, 2003, the OWASA Boazd of Directors approved the enclosed water conservation standards for submittal to the Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County governing boards. We request time on your respective agendas in the neaz future to present and discuss the new standazds and to work with you to incorporate them into your local ordinances. I would like to emphasize several points regazding the standards: • The OWASA Boazd's action followed a public information/participation process beginning with a public forum on November 20, 2002 and including numerous OWASA Boazd meetings and the January 16, 2003 Joint Meeting with our local governments. • The proposed standards reflect our experience from last year's drought as well as consideration of numerous comments from the public. • The proposed standards include yeaz-round water use restrictions that are consistent with good basic conservation practices. They also provide more flexibility for irrigating by hand and with more efficient types of irrigation systems. • In order for OWASA to enforce certain elements pertaining to excessive or wasteful water use during periods of declared shortage, our Boazd will consider adopting these as OWASA rules in the neaz future. ~,~ . NOGG ~ 400 Jones Ferry Road PO Box 366 Carrboro, NC 275 ] 0-0366 -SL~~V ~ QT' 3~~0/03 Equal Opportunity Employer Printed on Recycled Paper Voice (919) 968-4421 FAX (919) 968-4464 wH•w. owasa. org