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Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Coverage of Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in the Nexus archive.
- Fairfax Co. seeks to exempt Potomac River to protect water if Va. declares drought emergency
Fairfax County is requesting that the Potomac River be excluded from a Virginia drought emergency declaration to ensure drinking water supply for Fairfax Water, which serves over 2.2 million people. The county argues that a statewide drought declaration would disrupt regional coordination and ignore infrastructure investments in the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' drought plan.