City could be out of water in 144 days
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Published: Tue, Nov. 06, 2007 12:30AM
Modified Tue, Nov. 06, 2007 03:03AM
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DURHAM -- The city has 144 days of water supply left, counting emergency water sources, City Manager Patrick Baker reported Monday night.
Durham has 72 days of supply left in its "premium" sources, typically the only water pulled from Lake Michie and Little River Lake.
But equipment is in place to draw water from below the normal intake level in those lakes and from a rock quarry.
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Those sources could yield 1.7 billion gallons of water, enough to extend the water supply another 72 days.
"That is without any stream flows and no rainfall whatsoever," Baker said.
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