This executive
order revises EO #98 Whitman.
WHEREAS, Executive
Order No. 98 was issued on August 5, 1999, for the purpose of declaring
a state of water emergency for the State of New Jersey due to unusually
hot, dry weather conditions and significantly depleted surface and
ground water levels, including unprecedented low stream flows across
the State; and
WHEREAS, a
year-long precipitation deficit coupled with an extended period
of above-average temperatures during July and August, dramatically
increased water use demands and exacerbated the drain on available
water supplies; and
WHEREAS, coordinated
water management measures exercised by water suppliers, municipalities,
counties and the State, including water conservation efforts and
voluntary and mandatory water use restrictions, effectively curtailed
water use demands and has allowed us to preserve available supplies;
and
WHEREAS, substantial
rainfall events across much of southern New Jersey has moderated
the breadth of the precipitation shortfall in that region; and
WHEREAS, despite
overwhelming cooperation by New Jersey residents and businesses
to conserve water, the remainder of the State continues to experience
a significant long-term precipitation deficit, compounded by below-normal
surface and groundwater supplies serving much of the central and
northern regions of New Jersey;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, Governor of the State of New Jersey,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
by the Statutes of this State, do hereby DECLARE, ORDER and DIRECT,
as follows:
1. The state
of water emergency declared in Executive Order No. 98 no longer
exists in the Counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May,
Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and Salem.
2. The state
of water emergency declared in Executive Order No. 98 continues
in the Counties of Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex,
Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren.
The provisions of Executive Order No. 98 continue in effect for
these counties.
3. This
Order shall take effect immediately.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal
this 14th day of September in the
Year of Our Lord, One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine,
and of the Independence of the
United States, the Two Hundred
and Twenty-Fourth.
/s/Christine
Todd Whitman
Governor
[seal}
Attest:
/s/ Richard
S. Mroz
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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