1. © 2014 HDR, Inc., all rights reserved. L. Kevin Mosteller, PE, SVP-HDR BUILDING A ROBUST WATER MODEL TO EVALUATE LONG- TERM WATER SUPPLY OPTIONS FOR UNION COUNTY 2015 NC AWWA-WEA 95 th Annual Conference

3.  Agreement with the Town of Norwood  Permitting and Preliminary Engineering Effort o IBT Certificate (EMC) and Lake Use Permit (FERC) o Notice of intent o Public Hearings o Draft EIS o Public Hearing (EMC) o Adequacy Determination o IBT Process  Project Branding  Preliminary Engineering CURRENT PROJECT STATUS

5.  Evaluating the Impact on Water Resources  CHEOPS™  Base Model Developed for Progress (now Duke) Energy  Reservoirs Included o Progress-Blewett Falls Lake, Lake Tillery o Alcoa-High Rock Lake, Tuckertown Reservoir, Narrows Lake, Falls Lake o USACE-Kerr Scott (Added as part of EIS)  Hydrology Updated and Verified for EIS in Collaboration weith NC- DWR PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE-EXPAND INTAKE IN LAKE TILLERY AND RAW WATER TRANSFER TO UNION COUNTY

6.  59-Year Hydrologic Record  Daily Evaporation Impacts on Reservoirs  Futire Water Use Projections to the Year 2060 for the Basin  Impacts of Climate Change  Inclusion of the Regional Low Inflow Protocol  Monthly Distribution of Future Water Use FEATURES OF THE CHEOPS WATER MODEL

7.  Lake Levels o Aesthetics o Water Withdrawal  Water Outflows (Downstream Releases  Water Quantity Management (LIP Impacts)  Hydropower Generation MODEL RESULTS ANALYZED FOR FUTURE IMPACTS OF WATER SUPPLY ALTERNATIVES

8.  Full Period of Record (POR)  Drought 1 (1999-2003)  Drought 2 (2006-2009) HYDROLOGIC PERIODS EVALUATED