Shallow wells in Northeast going dry
9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Business & Industry
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Connecticut
Fairfield County, CT
Hartford County, CT
Litchfield County, CT
Middlesex County, CT
New Haven County, CT
New London County, CT
Tolland County, CT
Windham County, CT
Massachusetts
Barnstable County, MA
Berkshire County, MA
Bristol County, MA
Dukes County, MA
Essex County, MA
Franklin County, MA
Hampden County, MA
Hampshire County, MA
Middlesex County, MA
Nantucket County, MA
Norfolk County, MA
Plymouth County, MA
Suffolk County, MA
Worcester County, MA
Maine
Androscoggin County, ME
Aroostook County, ME
Cumberland County, ME
Franklin County, ME
Hancock County, ME
Kennebec County, ME
Knox County, ME
Lincoln County, ME
Oxford County, ME
Penobscot County, ME
Piscataquis County, ME
Sagadahoc County, ME
Somerset County, ME
Waldo County, ME
Washington County, ME
York County, ME
New Hampshire
Belknap County, NH
Carroll County, NH
Cheshire County, NH
Coos County, NH
Grafton County, NH
Hillsborough County, NH
Merrimack County, NH
Rockingham County, NH
Strafford County, NH
Sullivan County, NH
New York
Albany County, NY
Allegany County, NY
Bronx County, NY
Broome County, NY
Cattaraugus County, NY
Cayuga County, NY
Chautauqua County, NY
Chemung County, NY
Chenango County, NY
Clinton County, NY
Columbia County, NY
Cortland County, NY
Delaware County, NY
Dutchess County, NY
Erie County, NY
Essex County, NY
Franklin County, NY
Fulton County, NY
Genesee County, NY
Greene County, NY
Hamilton County, NY
Herkimer County, NY
Jefferson County, NY
Kings County, NY
Lewis County, NY
Livingston County, NY
Madison County, NY
Monroe County, NY
Montgomery County, NY
Nassau County, NY
New York County, NY
Niagara County, NY
Oneida County, NY
Onondaga County, NY
Ontario County, NY
Orange County, NY
Orleans County, NY
Oswego County, NY
Otsego County, NY
Putnam County, NY
Queens County, NY
Rensselaer County, NY
Richmond County, NY
Rockland County, NY
Saint Lawrence County, NY
Saratoga County, NY
Schenectady County, NY
Schoharie County, NY
Schuyler County, NY
Seneca County, NY
Steuben County, NY
Suffolk County, NY
Sullivan County, NY
Tioga County, NY
Tompkins County, NY
Ulster County, NY
Warren County, NY
Washington County, NY
Wayne County, NY
Westchester County, NY
Wyoming County, NY
Yates County, NY
Rhode Island
Bristol County, RI
Kent County, RI
Newport County, RI
Providence County, RI
Washington County, RI
Vermont
Addison County, VT
Bennington County, VT
Caledonia County, VT
Chittenden County, VT
Essex County, VT
Franklin County, VT
Grand Isle County, VT
Lamoille County, VT
Orange County, VT
Orleans County, VT
Rutland County, VT
Washington County, VT
Windham County, VT
Windsor County, VT
Start Date: 5/16/2016
- End Date: 9/22/2016
Some private well owners, particularly those with shallow or hand-dug wells, in the Northeast no longer have running water as drought dries up water supplies. Roughly 2.3 million people, or 20 percent of New England’s population, get water from private wells, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Wells in Kingston, New Hampshire began going dry in May, when a well and pump business reported calls for help began. During the early part of August, calls for service began pouring in as more wells went dry.
A well driller in East Poultney, Vermont has been busy with his two drilling rigs daily, re-drilling and deepening wells. A number of privately owned wells has also gone dry in Burrillville, Rhode Island, according to the National Weather Service.
Norwich Bulletin (Conn.), Sept. 22, 2016
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