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A layered Region 2000 map shows the density of households in Lynchburg and its surrounding counties.

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A 1940 State Corporation Commission application details some of the history of Lynchburg's water claim.

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A 1914 Virginia Supreme Court ruling in the case of Old Dominion Iron and Nail Co. vs. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway further clarified Lynchburg's and Richmond's water rights to the James River.

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Download Pedlar Reservoir data:

This data shows the water level in relation to the dam spillway on every Monday from January 1993 to April 21, 2008. Compiled by Sarah Watson

Microsoft Excel (.XLS)

Comma-separated value (.CSV)

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Links

USGS Website for Real-Time Virginia Ground Water Data

Drought monitor

James River reporting station at Holcomb Rock

DEQ’s Water Supply Planning Program

Environmental Protection Agency’s page for Mid-Atlantic Drinking Water

American Waterworks Association

Alliance for Water Efficiency

Water: Use it Wisely

WATERS Network

U.S. Climate Change Science Center

National Climate Data Center, link to reporting station for Lynchburg Regional Airport

Pacific Institute