BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 28, 2020
With close to half the state currently in a moderate drought and the rest abnormally dry, private drinking water wells in Maine are in trouble. According to hydrologists, now is the time to start taking steps to prevent a well from going completely dry before it’s too late. As water tables drop around the state, people who rely on private wells must start eliminating water use that is not absolutely necessary. In all likelihood dry wells will not replenish until this fall because this is the time of year when whatever rain does fall tends to do so in short bursts that is monopolized by growing plants and trees