Residents in the Lehigh Valley, Philly suburbs, and New Jersey’s Pinelands are witnessing dried lake and stream beds. Angela Vaughn, 68, from Bucks County, observed the 814-acre Green Lane Reservoir where water levels dropped so low that people could walk on the dried bottom. Avid outdoorsman Spaits reported seeing hundreds of dead fish in Coplay and Jordan Creeks due to the dried stream beds.
Residents throughout the region from the Lehigh Valley , to the Philly suburbs, and New Jersey’s Pinelands have been walking across dry stream and lake beds.
“I can never remember a time where this many streams have gone dry for this many months,” said Spaits, who is 65. But never before had they been able to get out of their car and amble across parts of the 814-acre reservoir bottom. The reservoir is fed by a branch of Perkiomen Creek and one of hundreds of struggling waterways in the area since the drought began in August.
Aqua Pennsylvania, which owns the reservoir, in October began encouraging customers to voluntarily conserve water because of the drought. Company spokesperson Amanda Burge said the reservoir is safe and not close to drying up.
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