HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-09-04 Water Supply StatusPort Townsend Water Supply Status
Updated 9/4/15
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
City water use averaged 904,029 gallons per day over past seven days, 391,195 gallons less
than the previous week. Today Lords Lake is at 27’ 10”’ today, with approximately 380 million
gallons remaining in the reservoir. The municipal watershed received about 3” of rain this week.
Since Monday, streamflows have allowed us to add 8” or about 12 million gallons to Lords Lake.
The river diversions are supplying our total demand today, approximately 11.7 million gallons,
however streamflows have dropped with the drier weather and we will likely have to start
drawing down Lords Lake again shortly.
Water conservation tip of the week:
Contact nurseries, a Master Gardener or look on line for information about xeriscaping with
water-thrifty trees, plants, and ground covers. Established xeriscaping requires less watering
than a traditional lawn and fall is an optimum time to plant most landscaping.