We face a winter with a huge water deficit. That's the message from Director Maia Bellon with the Washington Department of Ecology. During a conference call to reporters Thursday she didn't have any good news about the state's drought. "Most of Western Washington is still in severe drought. All of Eastern and Central Washington is even worse in extreme drought. And in fact 68% of the state remains in extreme drought status." She says rain is desperately needed but the only way to get through next year is a big snow pack in the mountains this winter. She says they're already preparing for next year which could be another low water year. She says if that happens the impact will be felt much earlier and will be much worse in 2016.

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