10/2/2024
WT Staff
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October 2, 2024 1135 am EDT
Drought relief: back to seasonal normal streamflows state wide
Streamflow Situation from the USGS network of streamflow gauges in Ohio
Sunny and clear again in Cleveland area with no inclement weather in the forecast midweek. Seasonal normal streamflows continue statewide midweek with two stations recording below normal in the Lake Erie basin and two much above seasonal normal stations in the Great Miami River watershed. USGS is doing some maintenance to the data platform at this time, we are unable to offer a description of the drought map. More to follow. Yesterday we saw the drought map had cleared all watersheds except the Tiffin River watershed in the northwest at below normal, Grand River watershed in the northeast, also below normal. For the Mississippi River drainage basin fed by the Ohio River tributaries, Wills Creek watershed was in moderate drought through Guernsey County with adjacent Ohio River minor tributary Wheeling Creek watershed at the below normal rating. As of this report, no extreme high or low flows are provisionally recorded in the network.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS), Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) and State sources where available
Lake Erie west basin
The latest uploads from NCCOS captured October 1 and the previous images Sep 27,28, 29 and 30 are completely cloud obscured. The last clear image offering any sort of view of Lake Erie was taken Sep 25 at 13.1 mph, revealing again the widespread HAB in Portage River, advancing upstream, now approximately five miles inland from Port Clinton, high concentration 700 to 800 thousand cells per ml. The Maumee Bay HAB area is down in extent, from Maumee River outlet at Toledo through Maumee Bay State Park to Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge. Note the algal toxin advisory from Ohio Department of Health has been rescinded. The north edge of the mass extends to the shore off Monroe, Michigan. Concentration is down to 700 to 900 thousand cells per ml at most, there are no hot spots any longer. Concentration tapers off in the north, down to 300 thousand cells per ml. See the latest Ohio HAB Tracker report, here.
Sandusky Bay and Muddy Creek Bay had widespread HABs at high concentration, the highest in Muddy Creek Bay 900 thousand cells per ml, tapering off to 700 thousand cells by Cedar Point, this was the case a week ago on Sept 25. The widespread HAB outside Cedar Point has diminished in extent and concentration, down to 50 thousand cells per ml. Widespread HAB south of Pelee Island appears at the low concentration also, 50 thousand cells per ml. See the NCCOS image here.
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Logan County: Bellefontaine City Public Water System issued a BWA Sunday following a water main break. The boil order applies to customers at 4067 County Road 130, County Road 32 North (between State Route 47 and County Road 130), and 2739 County Road 91. Bellefontaine City serves 13249 customers from a groundwater source in the Upper Great Miami River watershed.
Ross County: City of Chillicothe issued a 48-hour Boil Water advisory following a water main break in the Edgewood area affecting several neighborhoods in Ross County Sunday. City of Chillicothe supplies potable water to 21,725 residents, the raw water sourced from groundwater wells in the Lower Scioto River watershed.
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