Reservoir Volumes and Storage for Drought Monitoring as of June 2015

Water System Reservoir Percent Full* Days of Storage**

City of Frostburg

Piney **** Est 634 Days
City of Cumberland Lake Gordon 100% 411
Lake Koon 100%

City of Baltimore

Liberty 100% 315
Loch Raven 100%
Prettyboy 100%
Total 100%

WSSC

Triadelphia Reservoir 100% 175
Rocky Gorge/Duckett
Seneca Creek Reserve 100% NA
All Potomac River Plants Jennings-Randolph Reserve*** 100% NA

 * Percent Full is the ratio of current volume to the maximum usable volume in each reservoir at the end of the month.

** Days of Storage is the amount of days it would take to use current volume of reservoir (w/o recharge) based on average raw water withdrawals from similar time frame from previous two years.

*** Percent full for Jennings-Randolph Reservoir is based on alloted amount of water in reservoir used to supplement Potomac River flow for drinking water purposes.

****Value was not available as of 2015-Jul-02 at 9:30 AM, but the days of storare are estimated based on the assumption that the reservoir is full. 

Related Topics

Drought Home
Drought Coordinators

For More Information

Please contact the Water Supply Program at WATER.SUPPLY@maryland.gov or 410-537-3702

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