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WATER WATCH FOR
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
- Portsmouth's reservoirs are at
99% of useful capacity as of this morning. Lakes Cohoon, Meade,
Kilby, and Speights Run levels are
28.5 (
+0.2),
12.2 (
+0.2),
19.1 (
+0.1),
and
32.0 (
-0.5)
respectively. This is a
1% change since the last report on
September 1, 2017.
The median capacity for the current month is
95%,
average capacity is
89%.
(Average & Median
1969 - 2016)
- Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility
gauge Suffolk, VA) October 1 - September 30 Wateryear in brackets
- Current year to date:
36.11 inches [
50.52]
- Monthly total to date:
1.86
29 year
September average rainfall:
6.12
- Median drought year average through
September:
24.83 [
34.36]
- Year to date (
deficit) against the 29 year average:
-5.63 [
-2.63]
(
September
30)
- Emergency Wells:
- Reservoir water transfers: (
Yes)
- Beginning on:
8/25/17 (Date)
- From:
Cohoon, Kilby, Speights to
Meade, Nansemond River
- Notes:
LC,LK,LM,LS valves partly open
- Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and
rainfall:
249 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
16.564 MGD; Finish flow
17.817 MGD)
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