Daily Potomac flow and demand update (Friday 2017-10-13)

Submitted by admin1 on Fri, 10/13/2017 - 09:00

Point of Rocks flow is at 3110 cfs. Within the last 24 hours, the Potomac basin has received up to 0.1 inches of precipitation. The National Weather Service (NWS) 3-day forecast predicts accumulations of 0.25 inches of rain in the Potomac basin above Little Falls.

With rain continuing to fall across much of the basin, and Point of Rocks flow being above the low flow monitoring threshold of 2,000 cfs, daily monitoring will be discontinued until further notice. Thank you to all for your contribution to the monitoring efforts.

Daily Flows:
Little Falls gage flow 2017-10-12: 1965 MGD (3040 cfs)
Little Falls gage flow 2017-10-13: 1978 MGD (est., based on recently available real time data) (3060 cfs)
Note: Gage flow at Little Falls is measured after water supply withdrawals.

Point of Rocks flow 2017-10-12: 1667 MGD (2580 cfs)
Point of Rocks flow 2017-10-13: 2010 MGD (est., based on recently available real time data) (3110 cfs)

Net Potomac withdrawal (2017-10-12):
FW Corbalis withdrawal (Potomac): 82 MGD
WSSC Potomac withdrawal: 128 MGD
Aqueduct withdrawal: 136 MGD
Total Potomac withdrawal: 345 MGD

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