That's a problem given that some of the top water uses come from their supply chains.
Westerners count on that snow for spring and summer, for irrigation and other water uses," McCarthy said.
West Virginia American Water uses the river for its water supply a mile and a half downstream.
Early opponents, like farmers, mostly stayed on the sidelines when their water uses were grandfathered under the law.
The bagel company, which also sells bottles of the water, uses the slogan "It's all about the water".
None of Central Asia's water bureaucrats is savvier than Viktor Dukhovny, whose Interstate Commission on Water Coordination in Tashkent monitors the water uses of the five nations.
Other restrictions -- like those on restaurants providing water, the filling of swimming pools and controls on other commercial water uses -- remained in place.
Despite being a desert state with virtually no rainfall, the country has among the highest per-capita water uses in the world.
Overall, the average total demand is about 680 litres (180 gallons) per capita per day, when commercial and industrial water uses are included.
In November, state officials eased statewide restrictions on car-washing, lawn-watering and other water uses, after the New York metropolitan region had its seventh-wettest October, and as November rainfall was running half an inch above normal.
Such water uses were defined and entered into registers.
