Water Shortage
Declared for New Jersey on Oct 19, 1980, covering 21 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
How this declaration unfolded
The incident period is the official window of the disaster. Damage generally has to fall inside it to qualify for FEMA help, and FEMA sometimes extends it, or adds counties and programs, as damage assessments come in.
What an emergency declaration is
An emergency declaration is narrower and usually comes fast, often before or during an event. It mostly pays for emergency work such as evacuations, shelters and debris clearance, and federal help under one is capped at $5 million unless the President finds that more is urgently needed and reports that to Congress. Help for individual households is rare under an emergency declaration.
Which programs each area got
IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.
| Area | Programs | Households could apply until |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Bergen County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Burlington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Camden County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cape May County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cumberland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Essex County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Gloucester County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hudson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hunterdon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mercer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Middlesex County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Monmouth County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Morris County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Ocean County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Passaic County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Salem County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Somerset County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sussex County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Union County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Warren County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
More from New Jersey: every FEMA declaration in New Jersey.