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2/22/2024
WT Staff
HAPPENING NOW
Calcasieu River stops flooding
Village of Sun BWA
Water news for Thursday, February 22, 2024 - updated 209 pm CST
Drinking Water Matters
Officials in Village of Sun issued a precautionary boil water advisory for all customers Wednesday, until further notice.
Morehouse Parish is under boil water advisory issued by Waterworks No.1 on February 20. This BWA applies to customers connecting at Alsam Rd, Gill Rd, Antioch Rd, Bunk Goyne Rd, Cooper Lake Rd, Kenny Kimball Rd, and Peach Orchard Rd as well as States St, Oklahoma St, United St, Arkansas St, until further notice.
Belle Chasse advises of a water service outage Feb 20 followed by boil water advisory for Omega and Lambda Streets. A main line water valve was repaired during the outage. The BWA applies until further notice.
St. James Parish West Bank is under boil water advisory following a water line break Tuesday. BWA applies until further notice.
Flood Update from USGS real-time streamflow monitoring stations throughout Louisiana
Calcasieu River flooding ended around 930 pm last night near Glenmora. The watershed Region 4 river is currently running three quarters of a foot below flood stage and declining.
Bayou Bodcau is down half a foot overnight, currently seven and a half feet over flood stage near Shreveport, still on a declining trend.
Region 4 Sabine River is holding a steady level six inches above flood stage near Ruliff, TX.
Pearl River flow is slowly receding near Bogalusa, currently running less than two feet past flood stage. The water level at Pearl River held steady overnight, appears to have peaked and looking to start coming down Thursday.
Check black tags on the map for flood levels, provisional data courtesy of the USGS streamflow sensors placed into LA rivers, bogues and bayous.
Drought Map from USGS 7-day average streamflows compared to historic averages
Tangipahoa Parish has stepped up to moderate drought while adjacent area to the west in Region 7 comes on the drought map at below normal.
HAB Update from National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
The latest sat photo from NCCOS was taken Feb 21 at wind speed 5.9 mph. This image is a mostly clear view of the southeast Louisiana water bodies.
A localized HAB shows up along shore in the west bay Lac des Allemands. The HAB seen yesterday in Bayou Fortier is not visible in this image. Inland water bodies of Black Bay still show the same widespread high concentration HABs 800 to 900 thousand cells per 100 ml.
Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, Lake Verret and Lake Palourde, Lake Cataouache, Lake Salvador, Lake Lery appear HAB-free.
Note WaterToday reports day-to-day changes recorded by USGS streamflow monitors on rivers and tributaries located in Louisiana, along with monitors upstream in the Mississippi River basin: Ohio, Georgia and southwest New York state. USGS creates a drought map from 7-day average streamflow readings, by comparing the average with the historic weekly normal flow value for each location. The drought ratings are below normal, moderate hydrologic drought, severe drought and extreme drought.
USGS Provisional Data Statement
Data are provisional and subject to revision until they have been thoroughly reviewed and received final approval. Current condition data relayed by satellite or other telemetry are automatically screened to not display improbable values until they can be verified.
Provisional data may be inaccurate due to instrument malfunctions or physical changes at the measurement site. Subsequent review based on field inspections and measurements may result in significant revisions to the data.
Data users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences. Information concerning the accuracy and appropriate uses of these data or concerning other hydrologic data may be obtained from the USGS.
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