Afternoon Potomac flow and demand update (Saturday, 2023-09-02)

Submitted by admin1 on Fri, 09/08/2023 - 13:09

We expect Potomac River flows to start slowly declining over the remainder of the holiday weekend. No significant precipitation is predicted to fall in the basin over the next five days.

Daily flows:
Little Falls gage flow 2023-09-01: 457 MGD (707 cfs)
Little Falls gage flow 2023-09-02: 487 MGD (est., based on recently available real-time data) (753 cfs)
Note: Gage flow at Little Falls is measured after water supply withdrawals.
Point of Rocks flow 2023-09-01: 821 MGD (1270 cfs)
Point of Rocks flow 2023-09-02: 704 MGD (est., based on recently available real-time data) (1090 cfs)

 

The proactive voluntary load shift from Great Falls to Little Falls by Washington Aqueduct is still ongoing.  

 

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