This email reports observed flows and demands as part of ongoing drought operations. A separate email will be provided with today's information for the annual drought exercise.
Flows are elevated at Little Falls because of the Artificially Varied Flow (AVF) release from Jennings Randolph that occurred on the 27th and 28th of September.
Trace amounts to a quarter of an inch of rain fell in small, isolated areas in the central portion of the basin over the past 24 hours according to the National Weather Service. The Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center predicts one quarter to one half of an inch of rain over the next 72 hours, with the largest amounts expected in the far western parts of the basin.
Daily Flows:
Little Falls gage flow 10/04: 1590 MGD (2460 cfs)
Little Falls gage flow 10/05: 1840 MGD (est., based on recently available real time data) (2850 cfs)
Note: Gage flow at Little Falls is measured after water supply withdrawals.
Point of Rocks flow 10/04: 1270 MGD (1960 cfs)
Point of Rocks flow 10/05: 1160 MGD (est., based on recently available real time data) (1800 cfs)
Net Potomac Production (10/04/14):
FW Corbalis raw water withdrawal (Potomac): 88 MGD
WSSC Potomac Production: 105 MGD
Aqueduct withdrawal: 130 MGD
Total Potomac demand: 323 MGD