By Meg McGuire
The Delaware River Basin Commission announced on Wednesday that it would hold a special hearing via Zoom at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 19 about the dry conditions plaguing the basin states.
“Many areas in the Delaware River Basin continue to experience significantly below-normal precipitation with resulting effects on stream flows, groundwater levels and reservoir storage,” said the commission’s executive director, Steve Tambini. “These conditions have already prompted the states of New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Pennsylvania to declare drought watches or warnings in most or all of the counties that lie within the basin.”
The purpose of the hearing is to seek input from interested parties as the commission considers declaring a “water supply emergency” if conditions worsen.
The basin-wide drought management plan is based on the amount of combined storage in the three New York City reservoirs, the largest in the Delaware River Basin.
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