Commonwealth Drought Task News Today

A mix of outdoors stories from across Pennsylvania, including the drought watch/warning lifted for the last remaining eight counties.

The year 2023 was another one for the memory books.

The Pennsylvania DEP announced Friday that a drought watch will continue in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster and Lebanon Counties.

LOCK HAVEN — Clinton County has been upgraded to drought warning status as the region continues to see less than average precipitation. The Pennsylvania

Heavy rains over the past two weeks have had little impact on water levels at the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County’s Beaver Run Reservoir. Officials in mid-November issued a mandatory call for water conservation for nearly half of the agency’s water customers amid drought-like conditions near the reservoir in Bell

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced Friday that Cameron County remains on drought watch, along with 14 others.

Adams, Bucks, Cameron, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery, Northampton and Perry counties remain on drought watch. Clinton County has returned to the list.

Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and Perry counties are in drought watch, while York County is in drought warning, the state DEP said.

Residents on drought warning are asked to reduce their individual water use by 10 to 15%, or a reduction of six to nine gallons of water per day.

A drought watch remains in effect in Lancaster County, but five straight days of rainfall and thunderstorms significantly improved the county’s precipitation outlook, according to Millersville University Weather Center director