Water Restrictions

Homes in the Hamptons account for all but one of Suffolk County’s top 15 water users. Each used close to 5 million gallons of water last year.

After a severe drought last summer put a strain on the water system, the Suffolk County Water Authority has placed new restrictions on residents’ water use.

The Suffolk County Water Authority has lifted a Stage 1 Water Emergency that was declared over the summer due to severe drought conditions.

The latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows the majority of the state is in a “severe” drought, while conditions in the easternmost parts of the state have escalated to “extreme."

Eight-eight percent of Suffolk County is abnormally dry therefore becoming one of 21 counties on drought watch, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System.

Water restrictions have been put in place for Greenwich, Stamford, Dairen, New Canaan, and Westport, Connecticut, because of the third drought of the…