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WATER WATCH FOR
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
- Portsmouth's reservoirs are at
86% of useful capacity as of this morning. Lakes Cohoon, Meade,
Kilby, and Speights Run levels are
25.2 (
-3.1),
11.4 (
-0.6),
19.2 (
+0.2),
and
32.5 (
+0.0)
respectively. This is a
1% change since the last report on
November 8, 2019.
The median capacity for the current month is
94%,
average capacity is
88%.
(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:
45.59 inches [
6.52]
- Monthly total to date:
1.45
29 year
November average rainfall:
3.60
- Median drought year average through
November:
28.84 [
5.98]
- Year to date (
deficit) against the 29 year average:
-3.53 [
-1.51]
(
November
30)
- Emergency Wells:
- Reservoir water transfers: (
Yes)
- Beginning on:
Septmeber 29 (Date)
- From:
Cohoon to
Meade
- Notes:
Cohoon top valve open 1'
- Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and
rainfall:
245 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
14.144 MGD; Finish flow
15.827 MGD)
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