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WATER WATCH FOR
OCTOBER 30, 2020
- 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),
12.1 (
+0.1),
19.2 (
+0.2),
and
32.5 (
+0.00)
respectively. This is a
1% change since the last report on
October 23, 2020.
The median capacity for the current month is
93%,
average capacity is
87%.
(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:
51.53 inches [
1.72]
- Monthly total to date:
1.72
29 year
October average rainfall:
4.44
- Median drought year average through
October:
27.04 [
2.08]
- Year to date (
surplus) against the 29 year average:
+5.80 [
-2.68]
(
October
31)
- 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:
284 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
14.367 MGD; Finish flow
15.750 MGD)
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