HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-08-21 Water Supply Status ReportPort Townsend Water Supply Status
Updated 8/21/15
The City is currently in Drought Response Stage 1 which mandates alternate day outdoor watering restriction. Even numbered addresses are only allowed to water on even numbered
days and odd numbered addresses may only water on odd numbered days. Drought Response
Plan details are available at https://weblink.cityofpt.us/weblink/0/doc/118749/Page1.aspx
Last Friday Port Townsend received approximately ½” of rain and areas of the watershed
received an inch of rain. While temporarily helping reduce irrigation demand, it has not
significantly impacted the current drought situation. Lords Lake level is 31’ 8”’ with
approximately 445 million gallons remaining in the reservoir. The Quilcene Rivers are still
supplying approximately 3.5 million gallons per day or about 30 percent of total demand. City
water use averaged 1,224,593 gallons over past seven days, 225,000 gallons less than the
previous week.
Water conservation tip of the week:
Sprinklers typically lose 25-50% of the water through evaporation, wind, and surface run off.
Cliff Mass, University of Washington Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, explains the science of
spray at http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2015/08/how-to-reduce-water-waste-from.html.