The state agency that monitors groundwater conditions to determine if they are running out has lifted an advisory that covered both Greene County and Louisa County.
On June 9, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued a drought watch advisory for the Northern Piedmont region.
“Conditions have improved throughout much of the Commonwealth, although an advisory remains in effect for the Eastern Shore and Shenandoah drought evaluation regions,” reads a press release sent out this morning.
The Shenandoah region includes Augusta and Rockingham counties. There’s an advisory in place still for the Eastern Shore.
The advisory for the Northern Piedmont was issued according to the DEQ’s Drought Assessment and Response Plan. It has been lifted due to several factors. For one, rainfall has been above normal for the past two weeks. Streamflow conditions are also above a certain threshold and water supply reservoirs are full.
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