DAILY DROUGHT BRIEFING
DATE: October 28, 2002
City Water Demand
Plant 10/25 Flow 9/20 Flow 10/26 Flow 10/27 Flow
Linganore Plant 2.968 2.391 3.211 3.147
Monocacy Plant 1.879 2.198 2.138 2.400
Fishing Creek 0.941 0.920 0.861 0.920
Well # 4 0.000   0.000 0.540
County Supply*** -0.574 0.800 -0.574 -0.574 *** We transferred water to the County due to the Rte. 85 valve being off, along with the County's Linganore Plant. This number will swing widely, depending on the County's plant operations.
Ft. Detrick Supply 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
TOTAL: 5.214 6.309 5.636 6.433
Water Resources
  10/25/2002 9/20/2002 ######## 10/27/2002
Monocacy River Level (cfs) * 242 33 420 2100
Linganore Volume Remaining (MG) ** 705 302.0 705.0 705.0 ** Best & Worst Case volumes remaining recalculated using new MDE requirements. Days remaining in storage will increase as County Water flows to the City increase. See "Other" below for additional volumes of water received from County.
Fishing Creek Volume Remaining (MG) ** 50.0 30.0 50.0 50.0
Days of Storage Remaining in Reservoirs (Worst Case) 84.8 30.4 80.9 78.8
Days of Storage Remaining in Reservoirs (Best Case) 85.7 38.5 84.2 84.2
Palmer Index Near Normal Severe Near Normal Near Normal
* The Monocacy River Level for today, October 28th, is 784 (cfs).
  Please Note: Both Reservoirs are Full.