New York’s mayor urged residents to take shorter showers, fix leaky faucets and otherwise conserve water, and issued a drought warning Saturday after a dry October here and much of the United States.
Drought monitoring is the first of three possible levels of water-saving directives and Adams Presented it in social media video as a step to try to head off the possibility of worsening shortages in the United States’ most populous city.
“Mother Nature is in charge, and so we must make sure we adjust,” said Adams, a Democrat.
He ordered all city agencies to be prepared to implement their water conservation plans. He asked the public to do their bit, for example, by turning off taps while brushing and by using brooms instead of pipes on footpaths.
The mayor also urged residents to report open fire hydrants and other road leaks. The recommendation comes a few days after the city Leaky Brooklyn hydrant fixed who fed one Homespun Goldfish Pond on the sidewalk.
National Weather Service records show only 0.01 inches (0.02 cm) of rain fell last month in the city’s Central Park, where October normally sees about 4.4 inches (11.2 cm). Rohit Agarwal, commissioner of the city’s environmental protection department, said it was the driest October in more than 150 years of records.
The water problem in the city has become complicated repairing a large, leaking aqueduct which brings water from the Catskill region, so residents are relying more on reservoirs in the city’s northern suburbs. That area received 0.81 inches (2 cm) of rain last month, about one-fifth of the October average, the mayor’s office said in a release Saturday.
New York City uses an average of 1.1 billion gallons (4.2 billion litres) of water per day. This is down about 35% from the 1979 peak. The city attributes the decline to factors such as improvements in leak detection.
Last month, almost half the country was in a sudden droughtWhich means rapid drying from a combination of low rainfall and unusually high temperatures. The Northeast completed the month on an unusual – one might even say strange – note. hot halloweenTemperatures reached the high 70s and low 80s (24 to 28 Celsius) from New York to Maine.
Experts attributed the sudden drought to weather patterns that prevented moisture from the Gulf of Mexico from moving north.
Dry weather disrupted shipping on the Mississippi River and contributed to wildfires in the Midwest and East.
The National Weather Service continued to warn of increased fire risk Saturday in places including Connecticut, where a firefighter killed Last month while battling a day-long brush fire that was apparently sparked by a poorly extinguished campfire.
published – November 03, 2024 03:02 am IST