White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Spano: The Drought Emergency Is Over. Continue to Conserve.

WPCNR AFTERNOON TRIB & POST. From Westchester County Department of Communications.(EDITED) October 30, 2002:Following New York City’s lead, Westchester County Executive Andy Spano today announced that as of Nov. 1 the county will lift the drought emergency that was first declared back in April. But a “drought warning,” which calls for voluntary conservation and education measures, is now in effect.

Above-average rainfall in September and October has replenished the Catskill/Delaware reservoirs enough that mandatory water restrictions originally imposed on April 1 can now be lifted, he said.

“New York City has informed us the our reservoirs are now at 68 percent capacity, which is normal for this time of year, but although mandatory restrictions are lifted, we are asking businesses and residents to voluntarily reduce water use since we have a long way to go to reach the 100 percent capacity we’re required to have by June 1.’’

Spano said although the mandatory restrictions have been lifted, people should continue to save water. “We encourage people to continue to conserve because who knows how much rain and snow we will get this winter, and we don’t want to be in the same position we were last year come springtime,’’ said Spano. Following New York City’s lead, Westchester County Executive Andy Spano today announced that as of Nov. 1 the county will lift the drought emergency that was first declared back in April. But a “drought warning,” which calls for voluntary conservation and education measures, is now in effect.

As a result of the emergency declared April 1, businesses and governments that use more than 1,000 gallons of water per day were asked to develop a plan to decrease water usage by 15 percent. The mandatory restrictions applied to all municipalities, schools, businesses, landlords and building owners. Restaurants were barred from serving water except upon request and lawn watering and car-washing restrictions were in place.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg also announced today that the city’s drought emergency would be lifted as of Nov. 1, affecting 1 million upstate wpcnr_users in a four-county region, including Westchester. Westchester gets about 85 percent of its water from the New York City reservoir system; therefore it follows the lead of New York City in regards to water shortages.


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