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Water Supply Status

The Utilities Department issues regular updates of the West Fork Eno Reservoir's supply status. Subscribe to the updates by checking the Water Supply Status box on the subscriptions page.

Current Status
  • Depth — 43 feet
  • Percentage Full — 100 percent
  • Average Hillsborough Water Usage for Week Ending:
    • March 15 — 1.232 million gallons per day
    • March 22 — 1.463 mgd
    • March 29 — 1.248 mgd
    • April 5 — 0.952 mgd
    • April 12 — 0.976 mgd
    • April 19 — 1.010 mgd
    • April 26 — 1.102  mgd
    • May 3 — 0.967  mgd
  • Days of Water Supply Remaining — 390

The reservoir is full. The minimum release for May is 3 cubic feet per second (1,346 gallons per minute, 1.939 mgd), which currently is being exceeded by the overflow. At our current water usage level, we have approximately 390 days of water supply remaining. The average Hillsborough water usage during the last four weeks is 1.014 mgd (a 17.2 percent decrease from the previous four-week period). Compared to the same four-week period in 2012, we are using 0.3 percent more water.
 
Hillsborough water customers are NOT under any water use restrictions, and the town is NOT under any withdrawal restrictions from the Eno River due to the river’s flow level.

Lake Orange is full.

 
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