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WATER WATCH FOR
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
- Portsmouth's reservoirs are at
100% of useful capacity as of this morning. Lakes Cohoon, Meade,
Kilby, and Speights Run levels are
28.4 (
+0.1),
12.0 (
+0.0),
19.2 (
+0.2),
and
32.5 (
+0.0)
respectively. This is a
0% change since the last report on
October 28, 2016.
The median capacity for the current month is
94%,
average capacity is
88%.
(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:
66.26 inches [
11.84]
- Monthly total to date:
0.38
11.4629 year
November average rainfall:
3.74
- Median drought year average through
November:
28.84 [
5.98]
- Year to date (
surplus) against the 29 year average:
+16.43 [
+4.13]
(
November
30)
- 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:
247 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
16.406 MGD; Finish flow
16.659 MGD)
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