June 1, 2008

RESERVOIR LEVELS: The Quabbin Reservoir, the largest water supply source for 47 communities in the Metro Boston area, is currently at 99.2% of its 412 billion-gallon maximum capacity. The 65 billion-gallon Wachusett Reservoir is 88.6% full.

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CONDITIONS STATUS: According to the MWRA's Drought Management Plan, the water system is currently listed in a Normal Operations Status (see table below).

6 MONTH PROJECTION: Normal Operations status conditions are projected based on a range of possible hydrologic conditions.

RESTRICTIONS AND CONSERVATION: These are currently no restrictions on usage. MWRA requests that all users practice water conservation. If there were a drought, voluntary restrictions begin in the Drought Warning stage and mandatory restrictions in the Drought Emergency stages.

HOW TO CONSERVE WATER: Home and garden water conservation tips can be found on our website.

STATE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE: State-wide drought management status reports can be found at on the Massachusetts Department of Recreation and Conservation ("DCR") Rain Fall Program website.

MORE DATA: A running tab of water supply data for this year and the previous year is posted on our website.

SERVICE AREA: The following communties receive 100% of their water supplies from the MWRA.

16 communities receive partial or back-up MWRA water supply to use in combination with local resources. (View a complete list of MWRA water communities)

Updated December 12, 2007