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WATER WATCH FOR
JANUARY 14, 2016
- Portsmouth's reservoirs are at
100% of useful capacity as of this morning. Lakes Cohoon, Meade,
Kilby, and Speights Run levels are
28.5 (
+0.2),
12.1 (
+0.1),
19.2 (
+0.2),
and
32.6 (
+0.1)
respectively. This is a
0% change since the last report on
January 8, 2016.
The median capacity for the current month is
100%,
average capacity is
94%.
(Average & Median
1969 - 2015)
- Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility
gauge Suffolk, VA) October 1 - September 30 Wateryear in brackets
- Current year to date:
0.26 inches [
14.82]
- Monthly total to date:
0.26
29 year
January average rainfall:
3.82
- Median drought year average through
January:
3.27 [
10.78]
- Year to date (
deficit) against the 29 year average:
-3.56 [
-0.29]
(
January
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:
237 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
16.411 MGD; Finish flow
17.770 MGD)
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