Is drought affecting where you live? (living in, water bill, land)
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Well, the SW has been in a general drought for the last few years. I can tell you though that parts of Arizona have a summer monsoon season during July/August when they get maybe half of their yearly rainfall and that for SE Arizona at least, it's been a very good monsoon. Typical rainfall down where I own some land (near Benson, Arizona) is around 14 inches/year. The last 3 years (at least) have been significantly below that, but a wunderground.com rain gauge nearby indicates that each of those years saw an increase in rainfall and this year we are already over 14 inches for the year. I don't know about Phoenix or Tucson, but the SE corner of the state is looking "fairly good" (at least compared to previous years) for rainfall this year.
As a general matter of course though, the SW (even SE Arizona) is of course an arid area where water is always precious.
Living in Houston we are well above on precipitation this year, but I am in North Carolina right now and seeing the results of the drought, trees are dying. The creeks are drying up. It is very sad.
Residences in the city of St. Louis have a water bill with a flat rate. In other words, you can use all the water you want for about $150. per year. And it was voted the best tasting big city water in the nation.
Normal here, thank goodness. Weve had summers that have reached extreme drought status, and summers where weve had near-flood conditions.
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