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WATER WATCH FOR
AUGUST 23, 2019
- Portsmouth's reservoirs are at
100% of useful capacity as of this morning. Lakes Cohoon, Meade,
Kilby, and Speights Run levels are
28.4 (
+0.1),
12.0 (
+0.0),
19.4 (
+0.4),
and
32.8 (
+0.3)
respectively. This is a
1% change since the last report on
August 16, 2019.
The median capacity for the current month is
96%,
average capacity is
91%.
(Average & Median
1969 - 2018)
- Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility
gauge Suffolk, VA) October 1 - September 30 Wateryear in brackets
- Current year to date:
32.97 inches [
48.05]
- Monthly total to date:
4.88
29 year
August average rainfall:
5.83
- Median drought year average through
August:
23.22 [
32.46]
- Year to date (
surplus) against the 29 year average:
+0.68 [
+0.83]
(
August
31)
- Emergency Wells:
- Reservoir water transfers: (
No)
- Beginning on:
(Date)
- From:
to
- Notes:
All gates are closed
- Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and
rainfall:
274 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
15.057 MGD; Finish flow
16.541 MGD)
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