This concludes the 2014 drought exercise. Thank you for participating. Special thanks to those who sent in data, provided us information, and took our phone calls. We will document what we learned about potential impacts of power outages on drought operations in the forthcoming 2014 drought exercise report.
THE FLOWS, DEMANDS, AND DISCHARGES REPORTED BELOW REFLECT ACTUAL CONDITIONS:
Daily Flows:
Little Falls gage flow 10/05: 1860 MGD (2880 cfs)
Little Falls gage flow 10/06: 1580 MGD (est., based on most recently available real time data) (2450 cfs)
Note: Gage flow at Little Falls is measured after water supply withdrawals.
Point of Rocks flow 10/05: 1110 MGD (1710 cfs)
Point of Rocks flow 10/06: 1090 MGD (est., based on recently available real time data) (1680 cfs)
Today's estimated demand (10/06/14) P.M.:
WSSC P.M. estimated demand: 175 MGD
FW P.M. estimated demand: 160 MGD
Aqueduct P.M. estimated demand: 128 MGD
Total P.M. estimated demand: 463 MGD
Tomorrow's estimated demand (10/07/14):
WSSC estimated demand: 170 MGD
FW estimated demand: 165 MGD
Aqueduct estimated demand: 140 MGD
Total estimated demand: 475 MGD