AGENDA #6
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager
SUBJECT: OWASA Presentation
DATE: October 21, 2002
At the October 7 meeting, the Council requested an update on local drought conditions and the community’s response. Representatives of the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) agreed to attend tonight’s meeting and provide a brief report.
We have included an October 15 News Release from OWASA that provides some background information.
ATTACHMENT
ORANGE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY
NEWS RELEASE
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
OWASA Board of Directors calls special meeting to discuss water supply projections and emergency water use restrictions
The OWASA Board of Directors will hold a special meeting at 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 17, to review updated water supply projections for the next year and discuss the current emergency restrictions on water use.
The meeting will be in the Community Room at the OWASA Operations Center, 400 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro.
The utility said Tuesday that the Creek Reservoir, the primary water source for the Carrboro-Chapel Hill community is 9 feet, 5 inches below full and that the smaller University Lake is full due to recent intense rains. Overall, the water in OWASA’s lakes rose from 34% full last week to about 62% full as of this morning. However, the reservoirs were about 70% full a year ago.
From Thursday through Monday, October 14, OWASA recorded 6.3 inches of rain at its Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant in Carrboro and 5.1 inches at the Cane Creek Reservoir.
Under emergency restrictions in effect since September 9th, outdoor use of drinkable OWASA water is now prohibited.
For more information
Ed Kerwin, Executive Director, 968-4421, ext. 211; e-mail: [email protected]
Greg Feller, Public Affairs, 968-4421, ext. 267; 270-1764; e-mail: [email protected]
OWASA is the public, nonprofit water and sewer utility
serving the Carrboro-Chapel Hill community.
E-MAIL: [email protected]; WEB SITE: WWW.OWASA.ORG