WATER WATCH FOR
OCTOBER 25, 2019
- Portsmouth's reservoirs are at
88% of useful capacity as of this morning. Lakes Cohoon, Meade,
Kilby, and Speights Run levels are
25.6 (
-2.7),
11.8 (
-0.2),
18.9 (
-.01),
and
32.0 (
-0.5)
respectively. This is a
5% change since the last report on
October 18, 2019.
The median capacity for the current month is
95%,
average capacity is
89%.
(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:
43.77 inches [
4.70]
- Monthly total to date:
4.70
29 year
October average rainfall:
4.38
- Median drought year average through
October:
27.04 [
2.08]
- Year to date (
deficit) against the 29 year average:
-1.69 [
+0.32]
(
October
31)
- Emergency Wells:
- Reservoir water transfers: (
No)
- Beginning on:
September 13 (Date)
- From:
to
- Notes:
Cohoon closed 10/21
- Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and
rainfall:
250 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
14.551 MGD; Finish flow
16.044 MGD)
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