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    WATER AUDIT PROCEDURE FOR LARGE WATER CONSUMERS

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    January 19, 2021

    --DROUGHT WATCH--

    Dear Public Water Supplier:

    We are writing to inform you about the drought declaration DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell
    announced on January 7, 2021, on behalf of Governor Tom Wolf.

    The drought watch or warning has been lifted for Bradford, Cameron, Columbia, Cumberland,
    Elk, Forest, Jefferson, Juniata, Lycoming, McKean, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Potter,
    Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Warren, and Wyoming counties.

    Centre and Clearfield counties remain on drought watch. Clinton County is also on drought
    watch, having improved from drought warning conditions.

    The following is the list of counties under a drought declaration:

    Drought Watch

    Centre, Clearfield, and Clinton.

    The declarations are in response to low stream flows, declining groundwater levels, and
    below-normal precipitation primarily across counties in the central and western portions of
    Pennsylvania.

    Please review your Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) and update your DCP, if necessary, to
    account for any changes in either your sources or the demands on your system. If you do not
    have a DCP or your existing DCP is older than 3 years, you should be preparing one. If you are
    preparing one for the first time, we have information available to help you at
    https://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Water/PlanningConservation/Drought/Pages/Forms.aspx. For
    technical assistance please call our Planning and Conservation Division at 717.772.4048. DCPs
    can be submitted online through the Drought Emergency Application (DEA) link provided on
    the drought forms page.

    We encourage you to use the Drought Information Center on our website at


    https://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Water/PlanningConservation/Drought/Pages/default.aspx. We
    post drought updates on this website regularly to keep you informed of emerging conditions.
    The website also either provides or links to information that is useful for monitoring conditions
    in your area or educating your customers in various methods of conserving water. If you have a
    website, you may wish to consider linking directly to the Drought Information Center so your
    customers will have ready access to our information as well.

    Division of Planning and Conservation


    Rachel Carson State Office Building | P.O. Box 8555 | Harrisburg, PA 17105-8555 | 717.772.4048 | www.dep.pa.gov
    Public Water Supplier -2- January 19, 2021

    Remember, in a drought watch, we should all be seeking to reduce water use by about 5 percent
    through voluntary conservation measures. During a warning, our goal is 10-15 percent
    reductions, still through voluntary measures.

    Under a gubernatorial emergency proclamation, public water suppliers providing service to


    50 or more customer connections with sources or a service area within a designated drought
    emergency area are required to develop, adopt, and submit a DCP to the Planning and
    Conservation Division for approval. In addition, should bans on nonessential water use become
    mandatory, water rationing may be approved, if necessary, by the Commonwealth Drought
    Coordinator, as an agent of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council. Prudent use of
    our resources now can help to prevent, or at least delay, the need for emergency measures later.
    If your agency has already declared restrictions (voluntary or mandatory), please notify your
    local DEP Regional Office.

    If you have any questions, or we can be of assistance to you in any way, please feel free to
    contact our Planning and Conservation Division by e-mail at [email protected] or by
    telephone at 717.772.4048.

    Sincerely,

    Kristina Peacock-Jones, P.E.


    Commonwealth Drought Coordinator
    Division of Planning and Conservation

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