Below-average rainfall and a lack of snowfall this winter is keeping Washington County and the surrounding region in the Severe Drought classification, according to the United States Drought Monitor. 
Officials with the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin are watching streamflow and groundwater levels, in addition to drought reporting, to plan water resources for the Washington, D.C. metro area.
“Forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center warn that drought persistence is likely through the late winter…
