A42-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, December 19, 1998
Drought Severity Increases, Conservation Warnings Follow
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Susquehanna River
Basin Commission (SRBC) this
week updated its monitoring of
drought conditions in the Basin,
also increasing the level of concern
and calls for water conservation
over a broader areas.
Last week, during a meeting of
the SRBC in Aberdeen, Md., the
federal-state compact agency
issued a drought advisoiy for the
entire Susquehanna River Basin.
This week, Paul Swartz, SRBC
executive director, issued additio
naal drought declarations for most
of the New York portion of the
basin and endorsed the drought
declarations already issued by the
states of Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
As many already know, most headwater
and tributary streams feeding the Susquehan
na River arc running extremely low, and in
many cases upper stretches of tributary
streams have actually dropped below surface
levels, or have been reduced to a series of
unconnected shallow pools.
If rainfall is not adequate for recharging
aquifers prior to the expected annual ground
freezing, many communities could be facing
more serious water shortages in late winter,
until a ground thaw and rainfall or melting
snow can recharge the aquifers.
Last week the SRBC called for a drought
advisory for the entire Susquehanna River
Basin to alert the public of developing
drought conditions
The commission urged the general public
as well as water suppliers to voluntarily con
serve water, particularly indoor uses.
The commissioners also authorized SRBC
Executive Director Paul Swartz to make sub
sequent drought declarations, if drought con
ditions persist.
In a news release this week, Swartz issued
updated declarations, and said that stream
flows in many parts of the basin are approach
ing record low flows for December.
“We are seeing serious problems, especial
ly in the West Branch region, which covers
Pennsylvania counties such as Clearfield,
Clinton, Centre, and Lycoming,” Swartz said
in the news release.
“Fishing Creek at Bloomsburg, Columbia
County, Pa., has already reached its record
low flow for December.
“It’s important to note that low flows
would be even lower downstream of the Ray
stown (Pa.) and Whitney Point (N.Y.) Army
Corps of Engineers reservoirs had it not been
for die Corps making its seasonal draw-down
releases at those reservoirs.”
As a result of current conditions, Swartz
said that four counties in the Maryland por
tion of the basin arc under a drought warning.
In Pennsylvania, 10 counties are under a
drought emergency, and 33 are under a
drought warning.
The SRBC’s delcaration for the New York
portion of the basin involves a drought warn
ing for Delaware County, and drought watch
es for eight counties Broome, Chemung,
Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Otsego,
Steuben and Tioga.
Under a drought warning, the public is
urged to volutariiy reduce water usage by 10
to IS percent A drought watch calls for a vol
untary S percent reduction in use.
Indoor water conservation measures in
clude:
* Replacing leaking and dripping faucets
immediately.
•Taking shorter showers (showers use less
water than baths).
•Using washing machines and dishwashers
only when loads are full.
• Not running water while shaving, brush
ing teeth, or washing dishes by hand.
• Installing new shower heads and sink fau
cets equipped with water saving devices, such
as aerators or spray taps.
■ Replacing older toilets that use more wa
ter with newer, low-consumption toilets.
• Refrigerating tap water to avoid running
the faucet for a long time to get cold water.
For additional information on
the basin’s hydrolic conditions,
look under Hydrologic Conditions
on SRBC’s web site.
www.srbc.net.
The site also includes conven
ient links to other agencies and or
ganizations involved in water
management.
The Susquehanna basin covers a
27,510-square-mile drainage area
in New York (25 Percent of the ba
sin), Pennsylvania (74 percent)
and Maryland (1 percent).
The Susquehanna River Basin
Commission is the governing
agency established under a
100-year compact signed on Dec.
24, 1970 by the federal govern-
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