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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 — 41.5 feet
  • Percentage Full — 94.5 percent
  • Average Hillsborough Water Usage for Week Ending:
    • Nov. 25 — 0.953 million gallons per day
    • Dec. 2 — 0.980 mgd
    • Dec. 9 — 0.964 mgd
    • Dec. 16 — 0.995 mgd
    • Dec. 23 — 0.960 mgd
    • Dec. 30 — 0.947  mgd
  • Days of Water Supply Remaining — 379

The reservoir is 1½ feet below full. The minimum release for January is 3.5 cubic feet per second (1,571 gallons per minute, 2.26 mgd), which is the current rate of release. At our current water usage level, we have approximately 379 days of water supply remaining. The average Hillsborough water usage during the last four weeks is 0.967 mgd (a 0.3 percent decrease over the previous four-week period). Compared to the same four-week period in 2010, we are using 13 percent less water.
 
Hillsborough water customers are NOT currently under any water use restrictions. Due to the current flow rate (less than 10 cfs), the town is not currently under any withdrawal restrictions from the Eno River.
 
As of Dec. 28, Lake Orange was down 31 inches; however, that is artificially low due to some repair work being done on the spillway.

 

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