page_title: Jordan Lake
section_title: Water supply
hierarchical_section_title: Jordan Lake / Water supply
caption_attribution_description: The northern end of Jordan Lake, near the Morgan Creek inlet. This area is known as the Morgan Creek Mudflats later in the year when the water level in the lake is significantly lower, and is a popular spot for birdwatching. Photo taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 in Chatham County, North Carolina, USA.
context_page_description: B. Everett Jordan Lake is a reservoir in New Hope Valley, west of Cary and south of Durham in Chatham County, North Carolina, in the United States; the northernmost end of the lake extends into southwestern Durham County.
  Part of the Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, the reservoir covers 13,940 acres with a shoreline of 180 miles at its standard water level of 216 feet above sea level. It was developed as part of a flood control project prompted by a particularly damaging tropical storm that hit the region downstream in September 1945. Constructed at an original cost of US $146,300,000, it is owned and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which dammed and flooded the Haw River and New Hope River between 1973 and 1983.
context_section_description: Jordan Lake serves as a major water supply for about 250,000 (1990) people in North Carolina.  Allocations made in 2002 total 63 mgd. Governmental units allocated water from Jordan Lake are Towns of Cary and Apex (32 mgd), Chatham County (6 mgd), City of Durham (10 mgd), Town of Holly Springs (2 mgd), Town of Morrisville (3.5 mgd), Orange County (1 mgd), Orange Water & Sewer Authority (5 mgd), and Wake County - RTP South (3.5 mgd).  As of 2014 the NCDENR Division of Water Resources is conducting a round of applications for water allocation.
caption: The northern end of Jordan Lake, near the Morgan Creek inlet
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