Below-Normal Rainfall Leads to Water Deficits, worries about groundwater levels, residents asked to reduce water use HARRISBURG — The Department of Environmental Protection today issued a drought warning for 24 Pennsylvania counties and a drought watch for the remaining 43 counties as precipitation deficits continued to worsen statewide, according to Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger. … Continue reading DEP Issues Drought Watch for Chester County; Drought Warning for 24 Counties