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4 <br /> WHEREAS, the residents of Orange County are provided municipal water utility services by the <br /> Town of Hillsborough, Orange Water and Sewer Authority, the City of Durham, <br /> the City of Mebane and the Orange-Alamance Water System; and <br /> WHEREAS, the water distribution systems of the Town of Hillsborough, Orange Water and <br /> Sewer Authority, the City of Durham, the City of Mebane and the Orange- <br /> Alamance Water System are interconnected; and <br /> WHEREAS, in time of need, treated water has been and is still transferred to,between and <br /> through the water distribution systems of the Town of Hillsborough, Orange Water <br /> and Sewer Authority, the City of Durham, the City of Mebane and the Orange- <br /> Alamance Water System; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County participates in an ongoing dialogue with the Town of Hillsborough, <br /> Orange Water and Sewer Authority, the City of Durham, the City of Mebane and <br /> the Orange-Alamance Water System about watershed protection, water <br /> conservation and extension of utilities; <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we, the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners, do hereby request and recommend that all of the major water utility providers to <br /> the residents of Orange County(the Town of Hillsborough, Orange Water and Sewer Authority, <br /> the City of Durham, the City of Mebane and the Orange-Alamance Water System), and all <br /> individual residents whose homes and businesses are provided potable water supplies by ground <br /> water wells, continue to be mindful of the need to conserve potable water supplies and seek out, <br /> implement and use those readily available and simple strategies and technology that will reduce <br /> the demand for potable water supplies to the extent practicable. <br /> This is the 6th day of November, 2002 <br /> Barry Jacobs, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />