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WATER WATCH FOR
AUGUST 4, 2017
- Portsmouth's reservoirs are at
97% of useful capacity as of this morning. Lakes Cohoon, Meade,
Kilby, and Speights Run levels are
28.0 (
-0.3),
11.8 (
-0.2),
19.1 (
+0.1),
and
31.8 (
-0.7)
respectively. This is a
1% change since the last report on
July 28, 2017.
The median capacity for the current month is
95%,
average capacity is
91%.
(Average & Median
1969 - 2016)
- Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility
gauge Suffolk, VA) October 1 - September 30 Wateryear in brackets
- Current year to date:
28.47 inches [
42.88]
- Monthly total to date:
0.00
6.1729 year
August average rainfall:
5.99
- Median drought year average through
August:
23.22 [
32.46]
- Year to date (
deficit) against the 29 year average:
-7.21 [
-4.18]
(
August
31)
- Emergency Wells:
- Reservoir water transfers: (
Yes)
- Beginning on:
8/1/17 (Date)
- From:
Cohoon to
Meade
- Notes:
SR closed 7/31; LC open 8/01
- Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and
rainfall:
243 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
16.123 MGD; Finish flow
17.726 MGD)
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