(File Photo of the Bridgewater Bridge)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Harrisburg, PA) Beaver County and twenty-four other Pennsylvania counties have been currently put on a drought watch by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The reason for this drought watch getting issued is because of rainfall over the summer that is below average and prolonged dry conditions. Residents of Pennsylvania are advised during this time to reduce their use of water by 5-10%. Here is the list of Pennsylvania counties that are currently under a drought watch:
- Beaver
- Bradford
- Butler
- Cambria
- Cameron
- Clarion
- Clearfield
- Clinton
- Crawford
- Elk
- Erie
- Forest
- Indiana
- Jefferson
- Lawrence
- Lycoming
- McKean
- Mercer
- Potter
- Schuylkill
- Somerset
- Tioga
- Venango
- Warren
- Washington