Summary

Following the driest October recorded in over 150 yeaR, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has issued a drought watch and urged residents to take shorter showers, fix dripping faucets, and implement water-conservation plans.

The city is also repairing a leaky aqueduct, leading to increased reliance on reservoirs in the northern suburbs, which also experienced a drier-than-average October.

  • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Yeah not just for water reasons either. Bird flu is in there, who knows when it’ll start spreading that way too