Yesterday the consultant performing the field work collecting river dat for the IFIM study completed 8 of the 10 locations on the river. This morning they completed the remaining 2 locations and recently notified us that we can resume releasing the down stream flow required by the Virginia Water protection Permit and/or the Hopewwell Agreement.
Resuming the required releases means the reservoir level will stay where it is until the increased river flows from the rain that started on Tuesday reach the reservoir. The current flows past the Farmville gauge are greater than the highest historical flows recorded on this date in the past 84 years. Those flows will reach the reservoir in 2 to 3 days and fill the reservoir completely.
The Appomattox River Water Authority was formed in the 1960s to own/operate a regional water supply and sell drinking water to the cities of Colonial Heights and Petersburg as well as Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and Prince George counties. The information below is updated frequently to communicate current information on Chesdin Reservoir and its environment.
