Rain

All that rain we've been getting recently?

Not having much effect on inflows at our reservoirs.

They've barely ticked above 2 cfs at Lake Michie over the past 3 weeks, and are currently at .8 (which is well below the 20th percentile for the date, and not that far above the minimum of .24 cfs recorded last year.)

Same story over at the Little River, where inflows have dropped to .14 cfs.

That's a combined inflow of about 600,000 gallons/day, or about 2.5% of our usage.

Little River levels are very closely tracking last year's; Lake Michie is a bit higher than that, but is tracking between 1999 and 2006 levels.

The good news is that demand remains low - about 23% below 2007 levels. An interesting tidbit can be seen in the daily demand graph. Wednesdays and Saturdays jump right out at you. They're the days in which lawn watering is allowed, and with very few exceptions the only days in which usage tops 30 mgd over the past month. Usage over the past 2 Sundays, though, is curiously below that of the previous 3. It's rained on Sunday the past two weeks. I'm guessing the drop in usage on those days corresponds to fewer people cheating and watering their lawns and gardens on account of the rain.

Let's see what Tropical Storm Fay brings our way later this week.