New York City on Monday issued its first drought warning in 22 years and paused major repairs to its main water aqueduct out of concern for the lack of rainfall. Dry conditions across the Northeast have been blamed for hundreds of brush fires.

NEW YORK - New York City is instituting a drought warning, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. The Big Apple had previously been under a drought watch. New Yorkers are being asked to voluntarily conserve water. Under a drought warning, a number of city ...

Dry conditions and a lack of rain have pushed NYC officials to declare a drought warning. This comes after a drought watch went into effect just a little over two weeks ago. This is the second of three levels of water conservation in the city.

Mayor Eric Adams instructed New York City agencies to enact water-saving measures and implored New Yorkers to continue conserving water on Monday as the city’s drought watch escalated to a drought warning amid persistent dry conditions.

The mayor ordered city agencies to implement a range of drought protocols to conserve water and reminded New Yorkers to continue to do their part in saving water wherever possible. Conserving water will slow the depletion rate of the stored water in city reservoirs and can potentially postpone or eliminate the threat of a serious shortage.

Adams upgraded the city to a drought warning from a drought watch and paused the final phase of $2 billion Delaware Aqueduct Repair Project, which will allow the city to reopen four additional reservoirs.