HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced Friday that Cameron County remains on drought watch, along with 14 others.

After a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force, six counties returned to normal — Berks, Chester, Clarion, Fayette, Lehigh, and Venango counties.

Adams, Bucks, Cameron, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery, Northampton, and Perry counties remain on drought watch.

Clinton County will return to Drought Watch. Lock Haven City Authority and Suburban Lock Haven Water Authority in Clinton County are currently experiencing supply issues and have requested customers to reduce their water usage where possible.

York County will continue to be in drought warning to support the efforts of water suppliers and their customers to conserve water.

In addition to the multiple public water suppliers implementing voluntary or mandatory water conservation, we see lingering year-to-date precipitation deficits and a handful of groundwater wells that have not fully recovered.

Residents on drought watch are asked to reduce their individual water use by 5 to 10 percent, or a reduction of three to six gallons of water per day. Residents on drought warning are asked to reduce their individual water use by 10 to 15 percent, or a reduction of six to nine gallons of water per day.