New York City officials on Monday explained several measures residents of the five boroughs should take to conserve water days after City Hall declared a “drought watch” following a historically dry October.
Rohit Aggarwala, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) commissioner, said Monday that after getting very little rainfall over the past 10 weeks, the Big Apple is facing a six-inch precipitation deficit. He said the dry weather so far, taken together with forecasts that the next couple of months will continue to be drier than usual for this time of year, led the city to initiate a drought watch — its first phase of drought prepardness.
