Focus On The Environment: What can you do if your well starts to dry up?

During last summer’s critically dry conditions, many well owners suffered extreme water shortages. Some tips from an expert on how to diagnose and deal with your problem

by MARY JANE CONBOY

Newspaper headlines across Ontario last summer high-lighted the critically dry conditions the province experienced with headlines that read “Driest summer since 1936.” At the Well Wise Resource Centre, a new non-profit organization set up to help well owners (www.wellwise.ca), we received calls all summer and fall from well owners who experienced extreme water shortages.

Better Farming March 2008