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RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE JORDAN LAKE PARTNERSHIP AND THE
TRIANGLE REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY PLAN
WHEREAS, the Research Triangle Region continues to grow and serve as the premier economic
engine for our State; and
WHEREAS, the local government jurisdictions in the Research Triangle Region have
responsible and thoughtful land use plans to accommodate the projected growth of our Region;
and
WHEREAS, the local government jurisdictions and their constituent water supply authorities are
responsible for providing for the publicly owned water supply that has been a critical ingredient
in the economic development of the region; and
WHEREAS, the Jordan Lake Partnership was created in 2009 by jurisdictions and water systems
in the Triangle region with the primary purpose of planning for long-term sustainable and secure
water supply for the Triangle Region; and
WHEREAS, the Partners are committed to working collaboratively to enhance the sustainability
and security of the region’s water supply resources through conservation and efficiency,
interconnection, and coordinated planning and development of the Jordan Lake water supply;
and
WHEREAS, the Partnership has demonstrated that local governments can work together in a
cooperative fashion – within the region, with constituent organizations, with jurisdictions and
water suppliers up and down stream, and with state and federal regulators – to create
environmentally sustainable, secure and mutually beneficial water supply strategies for Jordan
Lake; and
WHEREAS, the Triangle Regional Water Supply Plan has been developed based on the best
information available from studies and modeling completed by the Partners and others, including
a regional interconnections study and Division of Water Resources’ Draft Combined Cape Fear –
Neuse Hydrologic Model; and
WHEREAS, the water demand projections and future water supply needs have been peerreviewed by the Partners; and
WHEREAS, the Triangle Regional Water Supply Plan represents the consensus preferred
regional alternative of the Partnership; and
WHEREAS, each jurisdiction seeking an allocation from Jordan Lake may, at its discretion,
incorporate information from the Triangle Regional Water Supply Plan in preparing its own,
individual allocation application to the state; and
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WHEREAS, any policy decisions regarding local investments and arrangements needed to use
Jordan Lake as a drinking water supply source will be made by the elected officials of each
jurisdiction or Board of Directors for their constituent water supply authorities; and
WHEREAS, the Triangle Regional Water Supply recognizes the alternatives identified for
NEPA purposes for Raleigh include an interbasin transfer from Jordan Lake; and
WHEREAS, the Triangle Regional Water Supply was presented with a set of preferred
alternatives to the Jordan Lake source by Raleigh; and
WHEREAS, the Triangle Regional Water Supply recognizes the difficulty and uncertainly of
developing any of the Neuse River water source preferred alternatives; and
WHEREAS, the NEPA process requires the applicant to demonstrate that it has exhausted less
harmful alternatives; and
WHEREAS, no comparison of the relative harmful impacts of the Jordan Lake water to the
preferred alternatives has been made; and
WHEREAS prudent water resource planning dictates the need to prepare for failure of one or
more of the currently identified Neuse River water source alternatives; and
WHEREAS the Triangle Regional Water Supply Plan identifies 8.8% of the water supply pool of
Jordan Lake as unallocated in the 30-year planning window authorized by administrative code
that governs the Jordan Lake allocation process;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Raleigh of Wake
County, North Carolina, supports the efforts of the Partnership to work collaboratively on
regional water supply planning related to Jordan Lake and other water supply sources in the
region, with the goal of defining and securing these sources’ roles in ensuring a long–term,
sustainable water supply for the Research Triangle Region; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Raleigh of Wake County,
North Carolina, supports the Triangle Regional Water Supply Plan developed by Jordan Lake
Partnership which outlines a regional strategy to ensure adequate, sustainable and reliable
supplies of water for the future;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Raleigh of Wake County
herein authorizes application for water supply from Jordan Lake in the amount of 8.8% of the
water supply pool in the context of possible failure of one or more of the Neuse River water
source alternatives and for purposes of consideration of the alternative for purposes of
compliance with NEPA; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is the stated intent of the City Council of the City of
Raleigh of Wake County to relinquish such allocation if the Neuse River Basin alternatives
identified in the Triangle Regional Water Supply Plan can be development developed under the
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regional strategy and the determination is made under NEPA that it is not the preferred
alternative.
ADOPTED this the 5th day of November, 2014, by the City Council of Raleigh, North Carolina
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