Afternoon Potomac flow and demand update (Tuesday 09/07/2010)

Submitted by admin1 on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 14:00

The basin did not receive any precipitation in the past 24 hours. Both the 48-hour and the five-day National Weather Service precipitation forecasts indicate no accumulated
rainfall in the basin, except for trace amounts in the North Branch area.

On Friday, September 3, ICPRB sent a letter to the Montgomery County Executive and the Council members. This served to notify them of potential releases from Little Seneca Reservoir over the next couple of weeks either for water supply purposes or time of travel tests. Additional notification was given to the Black Hill Regional Park Manager where the Little Seneca Reservoir is located.

Daily Flows:
Little Falls gage flow 09/06: 540 MGD (840 cfs)
Little Falls gage flow 09/07: 350 MGD (est., based on most recently available real time data) (548 cfs)
Note: Gage flow at Little Falls is measured after water supply withdrawals.
Point of Rocks flow 09/06: 680 MGD (1050 cfs)
Point of Rocks flow 09/07: 670 MGD (est., based on recently available real time data) (1030 cfs)

Today's estimated demand (09/07/10) P.M.:
WSSC P.M. estimated demand: 205 MGD
FW P.M. estimated demand: 220 MGD
Aqueduct P.M. estimated demand: 185 MGD
Total P.M. estimated demand: 610 MGD

Tomorrow's estimated demand (09/08/10):
WSSC estimated demand: 205 MGD
FW estimated demand: 220 MGD
Aqueduct estimated demand: 165 MGD
Total estimated demand: 590 MGD

Recommended operations for today (09/07/10) P.M.:

Fairfax Water:
Conserve Occoquan Reservoir storage as much as possible.
Potomac withdrawals as steady as possible.

WSSC:
Conserve Patuxent Reservoir storage as much as possible.
Potomac withdrawals as steady as possible.

Seneca (release date, time, amount in MGD):
No release from Seneca at this time.

Aqueduct:
Great Falls withdrawal target: per operational preference.
Little Falls withdrawal target: 75 MGD (firm)

Information on the release provided by the Baltimore COE appears in the table below:
Date: JR water quality: JR water supply: Savage: Total:
No water supply releases have been made. No water supply releases are planned for today.

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