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Climate
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population and to export farm products beyond our borders.
Here at home in Rappahannock County we will face challenges, but we too can adapt.
Our growing season will lengthen, our frost dates will start later and end sooner, and we will have the potential to increase production to regional markets—if water resources remain available. State of Emergency
declared in the
Commonwealth
The question of water resources was punctuated on Aug. 30 when Governor Warner declared a drought emergency for the entire Commonwealth of Virginia.
In Executive Order 33, the Governor named David K. Paylor, Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources, as drought coordinator for the executive branch and instructed all State agencies to reduce water consumption by 15 percent.
The order also: prohibits any person or household who utilizes surface waters or ground water in localities that include Rappahannock County from watering lawns, washing vehicles, filling swimming pools, and irrigating golf courses with the exception of commercial car washes, pools used by health care facilities for patient care and rehabilitation, and watering of golf course tees and greens between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m.; directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to work with local school divisions to encourage water conservation and educate school children about the importance of water conservation; authorizes the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to allocate ground water and surface water resources and to restrict any withdrawals based upon the adequacy of the resource to meet the necessary beneficial uses as set forth in 62.1-44.36 of the Code of Virginia; urges all citizens of the Commonwealth and visitors to the Commonwealth to refrain from any open burning in the forests, parks, natural areas, and other wildfire susceptible areas of the Commonwealth, in order to minimize the risk of wild fires; delegates to the State Forester the authority to declare an open burning ban in wild fire susceptible areas of the Commonwealth; directs the State Forester to initiate crew and helicopter training of the Virginia National Guard for fighting wildfires; and authorizes the Departments of State Police, Transportation and Motor Vehicles to grant temporary exemptions to carriers transporting essential emergency relief supplies into and through the Commonwealth in order to support the disaster response and recovery.
The Executive Order was effective Aug. 30, 2002, and will remain in full force and effect until June 30, 2003, unless sooner amended or rescinded by further executive order.
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