Kendall County’s groundwater district has moved the unincorporated areas of the county into Stage 3 drought conditions as water levels continue to drop and water ceases to fall from the sky, leaving the area in drought conditions of historic proportion.
“We’re losing water,” Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District Manager Micah Voulgaris said, noting the low spring flows and aquifer levels. “And we’re not gaining from any spring flow or anything like that. … So, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with us going to Stage 3, especially with the conditions we’re in.”
The CCGCD last issued Stage 3 drought conditions in 2018, and the same restrictions were issued in 2014, 2013 and 2012.
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