New York’s mayor issued a drought warning Saturday, as the city and much of the U.S. turned a dry October, urging residents to conserve water by taking shorter showers and fixing leaky faucets. Ta.
The drought watch is the first of three potential levels of the water conservation directive, and Eric Adams said it would be a step toward averting the possibility of even more severe water shortages in the nation’s most populous city. I suggested this in a social media video.
He ordered all city departments to be prepared to implement water conservation plans and asked the public to do their part by turning off faucets while brushing their teeth and sweeping sidewalks instead of hosing them down. I asked him to fulfill his mission.
“Mother Nature is in charge and we definitely have to adapt,” said Adams, a Democrat.
The city’s Central Park, which typically receives about 4.4 inches (11.2 centimeters) of rain in October, received just 0.01 inches (0.02 centimeters) last month, according to National Weather Service records. Rohit Agarwala, commissioner of the city’s environmental protection department, said it was the driest October on record in more than 150 years.
Further complicating the water crunch, the city is repairing a large leaky aqueduct that brings water from the Catskills region, making residents increasingly reliant on reservoirs on the city’s northern outskirts. . The region received 0.81 inches of rainfall last month, about one-fifth of the October average, the mayor’s office announced in a release Saturday.
New York City uses an average of 1.1 billion gallons (4.2 billion liters) of water per day. This is about 35% below the 1979 peak. The city attributes the decrease to improved methods for finding water leaks.
Last month, nearly half of the country was hit by a severe drought. This means rapid drying due to a combination of low precipitation and unusually high temperatures. The Northeast ended the month with an unusually – you might even say strangely – warm Halloween, with temperatures ranging from New York to Maine in the high 70s to low 80s F (24-28 degree) has been reached.
Experts attribute the flash drought to weather patterns that prevent moisture from moving northward from the Gulf of Mexico.
Dry weather limited transportation on the Mississippi River and sparked wildfires in the Midwest and East.
The National Weather Service continued to warn of increased fire danger Saturday in areas including Connecticut. A firefighter in Connecticut died last month while battling a multi-day brush fire that appeared to have been started by a poorly arsoned campfire.
