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Amid rain, officials still watching drought & promoting conservation steps

by Kate Shunney

The Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin watches the water supply of the nation’s

capital closely, and in

even greater detail the last two years as a persistent drought hangs on in Maryland, West Virginia and parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Conditions in the areas that empty into the Potomac River basin affect how much water is available for drinking, agriculture, recreation and even fire suppression.

Late last week, the

Commission…