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,i <br />in excess of specified flows (800 gallons per day residential, down from 1000 gallons <br />per day residential), no spray irrigation except for those selling plants, only commercial <br />vehicle washing operations where 50% of water is recycled. <br />National Weather Service/NOAH Regional Precipitation data <br />(inches above f+1 or below f-1 normal) <br />RDU <br />-3.63" since September 1, 2007 <br />-9.23" since January 1, 2007 <br />Piedmont-Triad <br />-5.18" since September 1, 2007 <br />-14.78" since January 1, 2007 <br />Miscellaneous notes <br />1. The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, updated October 16, 2007, <br />shows that all of Orange County is within the area characterized as experiencing "exceptional <br />drought" (the most severe drought condition used) in terms of climatic conditions. <br />2. Given that Orange Alamance's withdrawals are now averaging well below historical levels <br />(and, we are advised, has withdrawn no water at all from the Eno for the past several weeks); <br />Piedmont Minerals withdrawals are but a tiny fraction of its historical levels of withdrawal; and <br />excess releases by Hillsborough, the water level at Lake Orange, though quite low, is well <br />above historical expectations, given the current lack of rainfall.. <br />