DAILY DROUGHT BRIEFING
DATE: September 26, 2002
	City Water Demand *
	Plant	Flow
	Linganore Plant	2.955
	Monocacy Plant	2.271
	Fishing Creek	0.000
	County Supply	0.700
	Ft. Detrick Supply	0.000
	TOTAL:	5.926
	Water Resources *
	Monocacy River Level (cfs)	115
	Linganore Volume Remaining (MG)****	310.5	**** 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 volumes of water received from County.
	Fishing Creek Volume Remaining (MG)****	33.5
	Days of Storage Remaining in Reservoirs (Worst Case) **	41.7	** Worst Case Days Remaining assume the river is  producing at record lows and remaining water supplied to the City is from Reservoirs.
	Days of Storage Remaining in Reservoirs (Best Case) ***	44.3	*** Best Case Days Remaining in Reservoir was calculated assuming actual river flows.
	Palmer Index	Severe
	* PLANT FLOWS, VOLUME & DAYS REMAINING ARE ONE DAY BEHIND THE CURRENT DATE
	ISSUES/TASKS/STATUS
	DESCRIPTION:		COMMENTS:
	County Interconnection Update (DPW):
a.	Rte. 180		Rte 180 interconnect will be brought on after pumped interconnect is ramped up at Rte. 85/355.
	Well Information Update (Engineering):
a.	Well Information		Continue plant equipment tie-in today. Sanitizing chlorine contact chambers. (P.R. heads up: Will use water from fire hydrant).
	Daily Action Plans for Water Related Projects (DPW):
a.	Leak Detection		Two crews to work on leak detection today (due to the call for rain).
b.	Meter Conversions		Water Meter Dept. will be replacing several meters today (on-going activity for this dept).
c.	Water Quality Issues		Continuous monitoring and plate counting to continue for Tranquility Assisted Living, Worman's Mill, Gas House Pike and Monocacy Blvd., due to low chlorine levels. Renn Property to continue.
d.	Hydrant Flushing		Hydrant flushing to take place in Worman's Mill today, due to low chlorine levels (per Dan Seal).
e.	Main Breaks/Repairs		None.
f.	Top 100/Random 50 Meter Audits		None scheduled.
g.	Other		Fire flow test @ courthouse on Friday, 9/27/02 (Public Relations heads-up). Interconnection Operation Plan developed for ramp-up of County Water. 200,000 additional gallons received from County today. Water Dept. completed repairs yesterday at the DPW Mechanics Shop and the Weinberg Center. The Water Dept. will be assisting the paving crew today to repair roadway box on Wisner St. and to put in risers on Wisner St., Sagner & Water St. They will also be assisting the Parks Dept. today in cleaning of the Carroll Creek Channel (providing Crane truck & operator). Daily work for the Water Dept. to continue today, such as completing daily locates, and miscellaneous work orders. Water Meter Dept. to take meter readings for normal billing and to do transfers for finance.