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Public Utilities
Water Watch

JUNE 11, 2010

  1. Portsmouth's reservoirs are at 97% of useful capacity as of this morning.  Lakes Cohoon, Meade, Kilby, and Speights Run levels are 28.3 ( +0.0), 11.4 ( -0.6), 19.1 ( +0.1), and 32.4 ( -0.1) respectively.  This is a 1% change since the last report on June 4, 2010.  The median capacity for the current month is 98%, average capacity is 96%. (Average & Median 1969 - 2009)
  1. Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility gauge Suffolk, VA) October 1 - September 30 Wateryear in brackets
  1. Current year to date: 18.72 inches [ 40.46]
  2. Monthly total to date: 0.97  29 year June average rainfall: 4.47
  3. Median drought year average through June: 16.10 [ 25.87]
  4. Year to date ( deficit) against the 29 year average: -4.64 [ +6.05] ( June  30)
  1. Emergency Wells:  Are OFF except for normal maintenance pumpling.
  1. Reservoir water transfers: ( No)
  1. Beginning on: __________ (Date)
  2. From: __________ to __________
  3. Notes: __________
  4. Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and rainfall: 211 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow 16.886 MGD; Finish flow 17.135 MGD)

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Do your part to conserve our water supply!

 

Wash only full loads of clothes and dishes!

 

Use the wastebasket instead of the toilet for trash such as facial tissues!

 

Don't wash your car!

 

Wise people take quick showers, not full tub baths!

Don't wait to fix that drip!  It can waste 25 gallons or more every day!

Wake Up!  Running the water while you shave or brush your teeth wastes more water than one person drinks in a week!
Water shrubs with a can or bucket instead of a hose and let your lawn mellow to a nice brown!

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