Faced with "condition red" water restrictions due to a drastic drop in reservoir levels, Cheney residents received an unusual suggestion on how to deal with last July's water crisis, making it one of two stories to share the honor of the Cheney Free Press's top-10 stories of 2015.
Of all the events taking place in 2015, perhaps the one affecting West Plains residents the most was water, one of the reasons it was voted one of the Cheney Free Press's No. 1 Top-10 Stories of 2015
More specifically, the strain on local water systems due to a number of factors depending on location but mostly from a two-year-long drought affecting most of the state. Low snow packs contributed to a Department of Ecology finding that 48 of 72 watersheds in the state had water supplies 75 percent of normal or below, leading to Gov. Jay Inslee's declaration of a drought emergency in May.
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