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WATER WATCH FOR
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
- 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
32.3 (
-0.2)
respectively. This is a
0% change since the last report on
August 25, 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:
34.25 inches [
48.66]
- Monthly total to date:
0.00
5.7829 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:
-7.49 [
-4.42]
(
September
30)
- Emergency Wells:
- Reservoir water transfers: (
Yes)
- Beginning on:
8/25/17 (Date)
- From:
Cohoon,SR, Kilby to
Meade
- Notes:
Valves partly open
- Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and
rainfall:
269 days. (@ raw water pumpage flow
15.356 MGD; Finish flow
16.815 MGD)
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