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WATER WATCH FOR
JULY 27, 2018
- Portsmouth's reservoirs are at
100% of useful capacity as of this morning. Lakes Cohoon, Meade,
Kilby, and Speights Run levels are
28.6 (
+0.3),
12.2 (
+0.2),
19.3 (
+0.3),
and
32.6 (
+0.1)
respectively. This is a
0% change since the last report on
July 20, 2018.
The median capacity for the current month is
95%,
average capacity is
93%.
(Average & Median
1969 - 2017)
- Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility
gauge Suffolk, VA) October 1 - September 30 Wateryear in brackets
- Current year to date:
27.70 inches [
34.19]
- Monthly total to date:
6.44
29 year
July average rainfall:
5.81
- Median drought year average through
July:
19.97 [
29.32]
- Year to date (
deficit) against the 29 year average:
-1.95 [
-7.09]
(
July
31)
- Emergency Wells:
- Reservoir water transfers: (
Yes)
- Beginning on:
7/24/18 (Date)
- From:
Speights Run to
Kilby
- Notes:
SR opened for upland flooding mitigation
- Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and
rainfall:
286 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
14.247 MGD; Finish flow
15.766 MGD)
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