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Water Watch

May 2005

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May 26, 2005

  1. 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 (+0.0), 19.2 (+0.2), and 32.6 (+0.1) respectively.  This is a + 0% change since the last report on May 20, 2005.  The median capacity for the current month is 100%, average capacity is 98%. (Average & Median 1969-2004)
  1. Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility gauge Suffolk, VA):
  1. Current year to date: 17.12 inches
  2. Monthly total to date: 5.30 29 year May average rainfall: 3.92
  3. Median drought year average through May 31: 12.87
  4. Year to date (deficit) against the 29 year average: - 1.95 inches (May 31)
  1. Emergency Wells: 
 
<= Indicates selected
 
<= Indicates not selected
  1.  
 
Are OFF except for normal maintenance pumping.
  1.  
 
Are ON pumping an average of 0 million gallons per day
  1. Reservoir water transfers: (NO)
  1. Beginning on: __________ (Date)
  2. From: _______to_______
  3. Notes: _______________________________
  4. Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and rainfall: 203 days. (@Est. raw water pumpage flow 17.739 MGD)
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May 20, 2005

  1. 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 (+0.0), 19.2 (+0.2), and 32.5 (+0.0) respectively.  This is a + 0% change since the last report on May 13, 2005.  The median capacity for the current month is 100%, average capacity is 98%. (Average & Median 1969-2004)
  1. Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility gauge Suffolk, VA):
  1. Current year to date: 16.07 inches
  2. Monthly total to date: 4.25 29 year May average rainfall: 3.92
  3. Median drought year average through May 31: 12.87
  4. Year to date (deficit) against the 29 year average: - 3.00 inches (May 31)
  1. Emergency Wells: 
 
<= Indicates selected
 
<= Indicates not selected
  1.  
 
Are OFF except for normal maintenance pumping.
  1.  
 
Are ON pumping an average of 0 million gallons per day
  1. Reservoir water transfers: (NO)
  1. Beginning on: __________ (Date)
  2. From: _______to_______
  3. Notes: _______________________________
  4. Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and rainfall: 198 days. (@Est. raw water pumpage flow 18.208 MGD)
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May 13, 2005

  1. 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), 12.0 (+0.0), 19.1 (+0.1), and 32.5 (+0.0) respectively.  This is a + 0% change since the last report on May 6, 2005.  The median capacity for the current month is 100%, average capacity is 98%. (Average & Median 1969-2004)
  1. Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility gauge Suffolk, VA):
  1. Current year to date: 14.13 inches
  2. Monthly total to date: 2.31 29 year May average rainfall: 3.92
  3. Median drought year average through May 31: 12.87
  4. Year to date (deficit) against the 29 year average: - 4.94 inches (May 31)
  1. Emergency Wells: 
 
<= Indicates selected
 
<= Indicates not selected
  1.  
 
Are OFF except for normal maintenance pumping.
  1.  
 
Are ON pumping an average of 0 million gallons per day
  1. Reservoir water transfers: (NO)
  1. Beginning on: __________ (Date)
  2. From: _______to_______
  3. Notes: _______________________________
  4. Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and rainfall: 206 days. (@Est. raw water pumpage flow 17.539 MGD)
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May 6, 2005

  1. 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), 12.0 (+0.0), 19.2 (+0.2), and 32.6 (+0.1) respectively.  This is a + 0% change since the last report on April 29, 2005.  The median capacity for the current month is 100%, average capacity is 98%. (Average & Median 1969-2004)
  1. Rainfall (as recorded at the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility gauge Suffolk, VA):
  1. Current year to date: 12.85 inches
  2. Monthly total to date: 1.03  (April 2.74) 29 year May average rainfall: 3.92
  3. Median drought year average through May 31: 12.87
  4. Year to date (deficit) against the 29 year average: - 6.22 inches (May 31)
  1. Emergency Wells: 
 
<= Indicates selected
 
<= Indicates not selected
  1.  
 
Are OFF except for normal maintenance pumping.
  1.  
 
Are ON pumping an average of 0 million gallons per day
  1. Reservoir water transfers: (NO)
  1. Beginning on: __________ (Date)
  2. From: _______to_______
  3. Notes: _______________________________
  4. Estimated days of storage remaining at current pumpage and rainfall: 199 days. (@Est. raw water pumpage flow 18.095 MGD)
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Do your part to conserve our water supply!

 

Wash only full loads of clothes and dishes!

 

Use the wastebasket instead of the toilet for trash such as facial tissues!

 

Don't wash your car!

 

Wise people take quick showers, not full tub baths!

Don't wait to fix that drip!  It can waste 25 gallons or more every day!

Wake Up!  Running the water while you shave or brush your teeth wastes more water than one person drinks in a week!
Water shrubs with a can or bucket instead of a hose and let your lawn mellow to a nice brown!

 

 
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last updated May, 2005