Water emergency for Suffolk County, New York
9/3/2022 1:42:27 PM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Suffolk County, NY
Start Date: 9/2/2022
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The Suffolk County Water Authority announced on Sept. 2 that it had extended its water emergency order to all of its 1.2 million customers, due to severe drought. The Stage 1 Water Emergency reaches from the Nassau/Suffolk border to Montauk, according to the SCWA. Only its East End customers had been affected by the original declaration issued in early August. Now all SCWA customers are urged to stop non-essential water uses and to avoid lawn watering between 12 a.m. and 7 a.m., which is the time the water system is usually most stressed.
NBC New York, Sept. 3, 2022
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