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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:
    • Jan. 6 — 0.993 million gallons per day
    • Jan. 13 — 0.964 mgd
    • Jan. 20 — 0.959 mgd
    • Jan. 27 — 0.972 mgd
    • Feb. 3 — 0.953 mgd
    • Feb. 10 — 0.949  mgd
    • Feb. 17 — 0.919  mgd
    • Feb. 24 — 0.997  mgd
    • March 2 — 1.012  mgd
    •  March 9 — 1.074  mgd
    • March 16 — 1.027  mgd
    •  March 23 — 1.110  mgd
  • Days of Water Supply Remaining — 379

The reservoir is full as of March 25. The minimum release for April is 4 cubic feet per second (1,795 gallons per minute, 2.59 mgd), which currently is being exceeded by the overflow. At our current water usage level, we have approximately 380 days of water supply remaining. The average Hillsborough water usage during the last four weeks is 1.056 mgd (a 10.6 percent decrease over the previous four-week period). Compared to the same four-week period in 2011, we are using 1.5 percent less water.
 
Hillsborough water customers are NOT currently under any water use restrictions. Due to the current flow rate (greater than 10 cfs), the town is not currently under any withdrawal restrictions from the Eno River.
 
As of March 27, Lake Orange was down 11 inches; however, now that the spillway repair work is complete, the lake is being allowed to refill again.

 

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