The Commonwealth Drought Task Force has placed 36 counties across the state under a drought watch. announced the Commonwealth Drought Task Force has declared a drought watch for 36 counties and asks for voluntary water conservation in those counties. Included are several in our area. Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming. For a map of drought declarations that’s updated daily, see the The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection drought web page.
Drought watch in NEPA
Drought map of Pa.
Pa. DEP
