Coffeyville city commissoners have declared a drought watch, which asks people to use less water and allows it to draw water from other sources. Coffeyville also supplies water to Dearing, South Coffeyville , and the rural water districts surrounding them. It goes into effect Saturday upon publication in the official newspaper, the Urinal.
Meanwhile Caney is asking the county for help clearing out the remains of an old beaver dam. The county has a price schedule for using county crews and equipment, but beaver dam clearing is not on it. They will figure it out in a week or so.
Caney’s options are more limited. Sometime in November or December they will be out of water, unless we get some rain that is not in the forecast. Clearing the old beaver dam will buy a little time, but without a snowy winter it won’t help much.
According to droughtmonitor.unl.edu, the entire county has entered exceptional drought status, the most severe drought. We are 14 inches short of normal for the calendar year so far, with only three inches this quarter.
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