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WATER WATCH FOR
July 10, 2020
- Portsmouth's reservoirs are at
100%% of useful capacity as of this morning. Lakes Cohoon, Meade,
Kilby, and Speights Run levels are
28.1' (
-0.2),
11.8' (
-0.2),
19.1' (
+0.1),
and
32.5' (
+0.0)
respectively. This is a
0% change since the last report on
July 3, 2020.
The median capacity for the current month is
96%%,
average capacity is
93%%.
(Average & Median
1969 - 2019)
- Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility
gauge Suffolk, VA) October 1 - September 30 Wateryear in brackets
- Current year to date:
26.97 inches [
37.65]
- Monthly total to date:
.49"
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:
-2.70 [
-3.69]
(
July
31)
- Emergency Wells:
OFF
- Reservoir water transfers: (
YES)
- Beginning on:
July 1, 2020 (Date)
- From:
Cohoon to
Meade
- Notes:
Top valve open 6"
- Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and
rainfall:
272 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
15.122 MGD; Finish flow
16.223 MGD)
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