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WATER WATCH FOR
OCTOBER 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),
12.2 (
+0.2),
19.3 (
+0.3),
and
32.6 (
+0.1)
respectively. This is a
0% change since the last report on
October 7, 2016.
The median capacity for the current month is
94%,
average capacity is
87%.
(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:
65.42 inches [
11.00]
- Monthly total to date:
11.00
29 year
October average rainfall:
3.97
- Median drought year average through
October:
27.04 [
2.08]
- Year to date (
surplus) against the 29 year average:
+19.63 [
+7.03]
(
October
31)
- Emergency Wells:
- Reservoir water transfers: (
Yes)
- Beginning on:
10/4/16 (Date)
- From:
to
- Notes:
Gates @ LC, LM, LS partly open
- Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and
rainfall:
259 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
15.898 MGD; Finish flow
16.961 MGD)
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