PA Drought Task Force Adds 8 More Counties To Drought Watch, Total Now 37

The Commonwealth Drought Task Force has issued a Drought Watch in eight more counties in Pennsylvania: Adams, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, and Union.  This brings the total number of counties under Drought Watch to 37.

The decision to add the counties was made during a December 4 meeting and announced on DEP's Drought Information webpage.

The total list of counties in Drought Watch include: Adams, Beaver, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lawrence, Lehigh, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Monroe, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Somerset, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, and Washington.

Other areas of the Commonwealth may also be experiencing localized drought issues.

Residents should always pay attention to any information they receive from their local water supplier. Varying localized conditions may lead water suppliers or municipalities to ask residents to continue conservation measures.

The Department always encourages residents to voluntarily conserve nonessential water use.

DEP's Drought webpage also lists public water suppliers with mandatory and voluntary water conservation requests.

For more information, visit DEP's Drought Information webpage.

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[Posted: December 11, 2025]  PA Environment Digest