Recent Rains Raise Port Jervis Water Reservoirs to 73 Percent Full
Three reservoirs providing drinking water for Port Jervis, New York, are now 73 percent full, according to the city’s chief water plant operator Scott Decker on Oct. 11.
Following a good amount of rain, the city’s smallest reservoir at the head of the water filtration plant is now full, followed by the Huguenot Brook reservoir at 75 percent full.
The largest reservoir on Sparrowbush Brook, which is four times the size of smallest lake, is 65 percent full.
Over the past 30 days, the city had 8 inches of rain, Decker said.
He estimates future fall rain will raise the water levels to 80 percent, a safe amount for the city to weather through the winter….