> This text is from WTSX.COM (with permission)
>
> Drought emergency near
> The Delaware River Basin Commission declared a ‘provisional’ drought
> emergency Tuesday. A full drought emergency will be declared if reservoirs
> fall below drought levels for five consecutive days. The DRBC says that’s
> likely to happen by the end of January. A drought emergency would mean
> mandatory water restrictions. For now, residents of the Delaware River Basin
> are urged to conserve by taking shorter showers and not running washing
> machines and dish washers until they are full.
> Tuesday’s declaration is based on current storage in the three Catskill
> reservoirs … currently 36% of capacity. Normal for early January would be
> 71% of capacity. The DRBC also notes that there is what it terms an “8-inch
> precipitation deficit” since 1 July, in the portion of the basin above
> Montague.
>
> Charlie
> SBC
> The Pike County Weather Station
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