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The Department of Environmental Protection is the agency charged with officially declaring a drought watch or emergency and no drought watches, warnings or emergencies have been declared.
The counties in drought watch conditions include: Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Fulton, Huntingdon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne and Wyoming.
One county-- Carbon-- is in drought emergency condition for groundwater sources. Eight counties are in groundwater drought warning condition: Bradford, Fayette, Lawrence, Mercer, Monroe, Lackwanna, Pike and Somerset counties. These counties are in groundwater drought watch condition: Centre, Columbia, Luzerne, Mifflin, Montour, Sullivan, Union, Wayne andWyoming counties.
One county-- Bradford-- is in drought warning status for surface water sources. These counties are in surface water drought watch condition: Adams, Carbon, Centre, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Pike, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga and Union.
For current drought conditions, visit the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center webpage. Visit DEP's Drought webpage for official drought declarations.
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