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i~ <br />Table 1 <br />Maximum Allowable Surface Water Withdrawals _ <br />Eased on Lake Orange Level <br />Drawdown Allowable Surface Watex Withdrawal <br />Percent of in feet --------gallons per day----------- <br />Storage from top <br />Remaining at of 1-ft. Town of Orange- Piedmont Instrearn Flc <br />Lake Orange flashboard Hillsborough Alamance Minerals Reouirement <br />> 100 spilling * * ** 1,100,000 <br />I00 - 80 0.0 1,640,000 690,000 430,000 1,100,000 <br />80 - 60 2.0 1,480,000 620,000 380,000 650,G0t~ <br />60 - 50 4.3 1,390,000 590,000 360,000 450,000 <br />50 - 40 5.8 1,390,000 590,000 320,000 450,00: <br />40 - 30 7.4 1,230,000 520,000 190,000 0 <br /><= 30 9.3 740,000 310,000 0 0 <br />notes: <br />* - Adjusted to reflect outside source agreement for <br />Hillsborough and Orange-Alamance. <br />- Excess withdrawals from Eno River based on outside source <br />agreement can be made ~anen flows at Hillsborough Gage are <br />10 cfs and above, regardless~of water level in Lake Orange. <br />Maximum withdrawals will be limited .to the total of the <br />contract amount and the allocated amount. <br />- When flows are between 10 cfs and 3 cfs at the Hills- <br />borough Gage, withdrawals from the Eno P,iver will be <br />limited to the 100-80 percent of storage remaining amount <br />shown above, regardless of water level in Lake Orange. <br />- When flows are less than 3 cfs at the Hillsborough Gage, <br />withdrawals will be limited to amounts shown above for <br />percent of storage remaining. <br />** - For Piedmont 2~~inerals Inc: when flows at the Hillsborough <br />gage are 14 cfs and above, withdrawals from the ono River <br />will be limited to 900,000 gallons per day (gpd). Between <br />14 cfs and and 4 cfs, withdrawals will be limited to <br />430,000 gpd, regardless of water level in Lake Orange.. <br />Below 4 cfs, withdrawals will be limited to amounts shown <br />above for percent of storage remaining. <br />