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flow levels reduced from last month’s reoprt.
Rainfall levels across the state continue to be well below normal. Norfolk reports the largest deficit, with this year’s total accumulation of 20.61 inches representing a shortfall of 18.56 inches. The Northern Virginia area (monitored at Dulles Airport) reports a year-to-date total of 21.85 inches, down 12.24 from the yearly average. The area reporting the least deviation from average, Bristol, in the extreme southwestern part of the state, is still nearly nine inches below the normal accumulation for the year, with its 26.06 inch total representing an 8.67-inch shortage.
In the Tidewater region, public water supplies are still in a critical state. The cities of Chesapeake and Newport News have serious problems with increased salinity in their water supply due to salt-water influx. Williamsburg has been forced to put its back-up well into operation and is buying water from Newport News. Fort Monroe’s reservoir is down to a 26-day supply and it is also purchasing water from Newport News.
The Palmer Drought Severity Index, which measures general deviations of wet or dry from a normal indexed at zero, is still reporting measurements in the “severe” and “extreme drought” range in all six of the state’s weather divisions. Again, the Western Piedmont indicates the most severe condition, the only one of the six divisions to register in the “extreme” range, with a deviation
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