Afternoon Potomac flow and demand update (Sunday, 2023-08-27)

Submitted by admin1 on Sun, 08/27/2023 - 14:52

River flow at Little Falls continues to steadily decline. Both our internal tools and the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center’s flow forecast (based on the NAEFS) predict river flow at Little Falls to reach a minimum of about 500 cfs within the next 24 hours.

Daily flows:
Little Falls gage flow 2023-08-26: 801 MGD (1240 cfs)
Little Falls gage flow 2023-08-27: 519 MGD (est., based on recently available real-time data) (803 cfs)
Note: Gage flow at Little Falls is measured after water supply withdrawals.
Point of Rocks flow 2023-08-26: 840 MGD (1300 cfs)
Point of Rocks flow 2023-08-27: 630 MGD (est., based on recently available real-time data) (974 cfs)

Recommended operations for today (2023-08-27 P.M.):
Per operational preference.

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