DC Water Urges Customers to Conserve Water as Regional Drought Watch Declared

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DC Water as well as regional officials are urging customers to conserve water in the wake of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ declaration of a Drought Watch.

D.C. group declares drought watch across region

The Washington area is on drought watch, a group of regional officials said Wednesday, and utilities are recommending cutbacks on water use.

Dry conditions trigger Northern Virginia drought watch

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments has issued a drought watch for D.C., Northern Virginia and southern Maryland due to persisting dry conditions despite recent rainfall.

Drought watch issued for DC region despite dayslong rainfall

Even with days of downpour last month, a severe drought in the D.C. area hasn’t budged. The condition sparked the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to declare an indefinite drought watch Wednesday. The nonprofit association that works with local governments in the District, suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia said the watch applies to roughly six million residents. “That’s a lot of showers every day and a lot of cars being washe…

Drought watch declared across D.C. area despite recent rains

A drought watch went into effect throughout the D.C. area today (Wednesday), responding to below-average rainfall and historically low flow in the Potomac River. Despite the stretch of wet weather that the region received last month, all of Arlington is currently classified in either "moderate" or "severe" drought, while some portions of the Potomac Basin