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County hears drought update: Cape under state ‘Level 2’ drought; officials urged to step up conservation and interconnections
Summary
A water-resources analyst told Barnstable County commissioners the Cape Cod region remains under a Level 2 drought declaration (based on February data), urging conservation, supplier interconnections and regional planning because Outer Cape freshwater lenses are thin and vulnerable to saltwater intrusion.
Barnstable County commissioners on March 25 heard a detailed drought and water-resources briefing from the Cape Cod Commission’s water analyst, who said the Cape remained under a Level 2 significant drought declaration and described what that means for groundwater, streamflow and municipal supplies.
"This is the current drought declaration, for the Cape Cod region, which is a level 2 significant drought," Tim Pasicarnas, the commission’s water-resources analyst, told the board, noting the March 9 declaration was based on February data and that late winter precipitation may not yet be reflected in those indices.
Pasicarnas…
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