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Virginia’s Drought Drags On

Almost all of Virginia remains under a drought advisory ahead of the hot July 4 holiday weekend.

Rainfall earlier this week provided some relief in central regions of the state, but it wasn’t enough to bring stream and groundwater levels back to anywhere near normal. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality warned that “precipitation is approximately 8.5 inches below normal on average throughout the state for the water year, which began on Oct. 1, 2025.”

In response to the dry weather, Richmond Mayor Danny Avula announced that the city will implement voluntary conservation measures.

“Everybody’s got to do their part to keep the water levels where we need them,” he said on WWBT. “If the James River flow drops below 750 cubic feet per second over 14 days, we’ll have to take the next step” to reduce water use. The river is currently running at about 1,200 cubic feet per second.

Henrico County officials said they are releasing 64 million gallons of water per day........

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