10/23/2024
WT Staff
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October 23, 2024 1217 pm EDT
Wills Creek watershed in severe drought
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS monitors in Ohio
Much below seasonal normal streamflows dominate statewide midweek. Severe drought now extends to Guernsey County in the Muskingum River basin, covering the Will's Creek watershed. Walhonding and Muskingum River watersheds remain in severe drought as reported earlier in the week. Upper Ohio River minor tributary Wheeling Creek remains in severe drought. Adjacent to the north and south of the severe drought area, Muskingum basins's Hocking River watershed and Ohio River minor tributary Shade River sits at moderate drought, while to the north the Little Muskingum River watershed likewise in moderate drought. Ohio River minor tributary Raccoon-Symmes watershed is rated below normal. North of the drainage divide, the Upper Maumee and Auglaize River watersheds remain in severe drought, Lower Maumee watershed is in moderate drought. Great Miami River watershed runs below normal, Scioto River basin is still unrated. As of this report there are no high flows, no 1st percentile low flows.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS)
The latest upload from NCCOS was captured Oct 22 at surface wind speed 5.8 mph, the west half of the image is cloud obscured. Visible in this image are Sandusky Bay HAB, widespread in the inner bay area from Pickerel Point to OH-269 at high concentration 700 thousand cells per ml. Dispersed open water HABs in the outer bay area from OH-269 to Cedar Point are low concentration, 100 thousand cells per ml or less. A large area of open water bloom sits off shore east of Sandusky Bay, the concentration is low, 100 thousand cells or less.
See the latest NCCOS image, here.
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
Jefferson County: City of Steubenville issued a BWA for customers on the West End water system both sides of Sunset Blvd from Hollywood Blvd to Efts Lane, including Lovers Lane to County Road 26. City of Steubenville serves a population of 17,000 from a surface water intake in the Ohio River.
Crawford County: Bucyrus came under a BWA following a water main break Friday. Customers on West Beal Ave, from Rosedale Ave to Linwood Dr, and all Southern Lights Shopping Center were impacted. Bucyrus provides potable water service for 12570 residential customers with raw water sourced from a number of surface water reservoirs filled by Sandusky River.
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