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2 Wednesday, August 28, 2002 OWASA Nears Stage 3 Restrictions By Nate DeGraff Staff Writer Asa parched southern Orange County slips into its driest months of the year, area water officials warned Monday that emergency water restric tions are “probably just days away.” Cane Creek Reservoir is 16 feet below full. Water levels at University Lake are 6 feet short of their high mark. The Orange Water and Sewer Authority has called the current drought “the worst on record.” “It’s the first time ever that (the reser voirs) did not refill over the winter,” said Eld Kerwin, OWASA’s executive direc tor, during a report to the Chapel Hill Town Council. Kerwin said the restric tions could go into effect within days. 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The restrictions also effec tively shut down commercial car wash es and pressure cleaners. In July, the area’s water demand dropped to 11 million gallons per day from 13 million gallons per day in June. But last week’s levels averaged close to the June levels. At current usage, 109 days of water remain in the two reservoirs, according to OWASA’s Web site. Traditionally, autumn is the area’s driest season, and Kerwin said the utility will prepare for the worst - bone-dry reservoirs later this fall. On Tuesday, a special committee of the OWASA board of directors met for the first time to discuss conservation measures. It will meet again next week, said OWASA spokesman Greg Feller. If the area receives heavy rains over the next few days or water usage drops measurably the emergency restrictions could be avoided. Scattered showers and thunder storms are expected through Friday, according to weather.com. But Kerwin said last weekend’s rains, which drenched parts of neighboring counties, made no appreciable dent in local reservoir levels. Even if the area avoids disaster this year, the reservoirs could start next year at historically low levels if the rest of the year remains dry. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. wtmroßtiG Fostering leadership initiative for first & second year undergraduate women Program Benefits • One-to-one or group mentoring with a female faculty or staff member in your field of academic interest • Monthly leadership development workshops on topics such as networking, public speaking, gender communication, and more Cannot attend a meeting hut still want to apply? 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Tucker said small businesses, to be housed on the building’s lower level, will have an opportunity to locate downtown without paying pricey Interest/Sign-Up Meetings (attend one) Monday, August 26 5:30-6:3opm Student Union Room 208 Wednesday, August 28 5:30-6:3opm Student Union Room 208 Franklin Street rents. “If you look at Rosemary Street (now), there really aren’t many oppor tunities for retail,” Tucker said. But before council members approved the plan, they discussed park ing issues. The plan placed 45 parking spots on-site and a 7,800-foot off-site lot west of the development at 109 Merritt Mill Road. Some council members were con cerned that overflow parkers could crowd other Northside residents. The council discussed reducing the develop ment’s residential units from 42 to 39 to reduce car counts but decided against it. “I don’t like cutting back on three places to live downtown because of parking,” said council member Dorothy Verkerk. Instead, the council will deal with residents’ parking concerns as the need arises. Town Manager Cal Horton said the town could issue parking permits to For the Record The Aug. 27 article “Students Not to Blame for Water Depletion” inaccurate ly reported that the average weekly water use in August was about 11 million gallons. The article should have stated that the average weekly water use in August was about 11 million gallons per day, The graphic reported that the near ly 12 million gallons of water have been used this month. The graphic should have stated that the average water use was 12.7 million gallons per day last week. The Aug. 27 headline for the article "Aussie Talent Boosts Tar Heel Depth” inaccurately identified Laura Douglas as Australian. Douglas is from New Zealand. The Daily Tar Heel regrets the errors. •r Sszzz zrzzzzzz-zzz zrzz r z z Sr-r-7001 Old Wake Forest Rd Of Raleigh, NC 27616 Metropolitan scooters in stock... -Delivery and pick-up , % service available. -Great accessory W * selection -Call for details MV*. 1 HONDA PERFORMANCE FIRST- ®ljp Satly (Tar Uppl m \ \ \ \ °% % \ n ? - °f 1 w OTH/STAFF neighbors on a house-by-house basis, thereby disallowing intruding parkers. But Northside residents could still face parking problems. “We can have the rules,” said council member Jim Ward. “But without the enforcement, they’re meaningless.” Six of the 42 residential units will be offered at affordable housing prices. Tucker said construction wall begin in the spring and wall last about one year. Before the vote, council members viewed a virtual image of the complet ed project from both sides of Rosemary Street. The computer program popped the development right into a photo graph of the neighborhood. “You could see how much open space is available on Rosemary Street on up toward Pantana Bob’s,” said Foy. “All of that area in between is ripe for development.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. ahe Sally tTar Hrrl P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill. NC 27515 Kim Minugh, Editor. 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features. Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. © 2002 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved
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