USGS Drought-related News Releases
for the Eastern United States region

2002

• April Showers Bring Some Relief to Massachusetts and Rhode Island Drought Conditions But Drought Watch Continues (created on 05-07-2002)
• April Showers Not enough to Raise Groundwater Levels in Maryland (created on 05-02-2002)
• Drought Conditions Lead to Record-Breaking Low Water Levels Across Maryland and Delaware (created on 03-06-2002)
• Streamflow and Ground-water Levels Remain Well Below Normal in New Hampshire and Vermont (created on 01-08-2002)
• Below Normal Rainfall and Warm Temperatures Lead to Record Low Water Levels in December (created on 01-04-2002)

2001

• Streamflow Levels Remain Well Below Normal in New Hampshire and Vermont (created on 09-20-2001)
• USGS Documents Low Water Conditions Across Maine (created on 08-16-2001)
• Streamflow Below Normal in Central New Hampshire and Vermont Rivers (created on 08-14-2001)
• Spring Rains Help Water Levels (created on 04-10-2001)
• Streamflow to Chesapeake Bay in 2000 Reflects Dry Autumn (created on 01-05-2001)
  
  

2000

• Despite Lack of Rain October Water Conditions near Normal (created on 11-07-2000)
• September Water Conditions Above Normal in Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. (created on 10-06-2000)
• August Water Conditions Above Normal in Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. (created on 09-08-2000)
• July Water Conditions Continue Normal in Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. (created on 08-10-2000)
• June Water Conditions Normal in Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. (created on 07-07-2000)
• Water Conditions Begin to Decline in Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. (created on 06-06-2000)
• May--Water Conditions Continue to Improve in Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. (created on 05-05-2000)
• April--Water Conditions Continue to Improve In Maryland, Delaware, and D.C.  (created on 04-07-2000)
• More Drought Looming If Rains Do Not Return, USGS Warns (created on 03-13-2000)
• Media Advisory: USGS Director to Join Top Federal Officials Discussing Drought (created on 03-10-2000)
• Water Conditions Improving in Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. Levels Increase in Ground-water and Streamflow During February (created on 03-07-2000)
• January Streamflow and Ground Water Levels Still Low (created on 02-08-2000)
• Wet Spring On Tap For Pacific Northwest, Appalachia (created 01-06-00)
• 1999 Flow Into Chesapeake Bay Lowest Since 1960s Drought (created on 01-06-2000)

1999

• November Streamflows Low (created on 12-06-99)
• River Flow in Potomac Almost Three Times Normal for October  (created on 11-04-99)
• MidAtlantic Regional Streamflow Has Increased and Ground-Water Levels Have Risen  (created on 10-07-99)
• USGS Observes Improved Ground-Water Conditions in Pennsylvania After Recent Rains (created on 10-01-99)
• Effect of current Drought on Water Resources in Maine (created on 9-10-99)
• Despite Recent Rainfall, Streamflow is Returning to Below-Normal Levels:  Ground-Water Levels Continue To Drop (created on 09-02-99)
• Drought Brings Environmental, Ecological Changes -- Blue Crabs in Downtown Dover and Salty Water Nears Poughkeepsie  (created on 08-18-99)
• Drought Worsens, Spreads "Water not used today is water in the bank for tomorrow" (created on 08-06-99)
• Effect of Current Drought on Water Resources in Maine (created on 08-06-99)
• Drought Breaks Records in Portions of the Northeast (created on 08-06-99)
• Government scientists to measure water levels in Brandywine Creek as area starts to wilt from summer heat and lack of rain (created on 08-04-99)
• Delmarva Peninsula Waters are Running Low (created on 08-04-99)
• 1999 Summer Drought May Become Century's Worst - MidAtlantic Region Experiencing Most Dramatic Effects (created on 08-02-99)
• Drought and the Chesapeake Bay: Flirting With Record Low Flows (created on 07-30-99)
• Pennsylvania Statewide Stream And Ground-Water Levels Available Online From USGS (created on 07-12-99)
• 1999 Drought: USGS Measures Lowest June Water Levels on Record in Massachusetts and Rhode Island (created on 07-07-99)
• Driest June on record for the South Branch Potomac River in West Virginia (created on 07-07-99)
• Media Advisory: Government Scientists to Measure Record Low Water Levels in Potomac As Area Reels From Searing Heat and Lack of Rain (created on 07-06-99)
• Record low water flows to Chesapeake Bay in June (created on 07-02-99)
• Media Advisory: Checking on Local Drought Just Got Easier (created on 06-28-99)

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