September 15, 2018. Western Head, Nova Scotia. Water.

We take water for granted. We wash our clothes and we wash our dishes without thinking a thing about it. Nova Scotia has had three years of drought and the water table is low. For the first time, the universities are evaluating the level of wells around the province. Until now, the abundance of water was never an issue and no one ever bothered to track water levels. Rain fall so so far in 2018 is half the usual amount. Lots Of wells are dry. Up until now, we have been fortunate. Our old dug well has not failed us. In addition, we have a deep drilled well at the guest house. On Thursday night, Doreen went up to bed to discover no water in the taps of the upstairs bathrooms. The dishwasher had just finished and the taps were still running in the kitchen. I gave her two bottles of water and suggested she not flush the toilet. And I knew our well was going dry. That evening, Mary and Walt came for dinner. As she usually does, Mary cleaned up the kitchen, rinsing the dishes under the tap before loading the dishwasher. Then I ran the dishwasher, which apparently was too much drain on our well. We all went to sleep, hoping the well would recover over night. Sure enough, the water ran from the taps in the morning. But to be sure, Katie helped Ken to hook up the hose from the guest house and run the water into our ailing well for an hour. No problems with the taps yesterday. But to be cautious, Doreen and I showered in the workshop bathroom. And Doreen did some laundry in the guest house. This afternoon, Don and Doreen helped Ken to again run an hours worth of water from the guest house well into our dug well. Now our water pressure is fine . But we will be cautious with our water. Most of the time, we pay no attention to our water supply, even though we know we are on well water. But since the taps ran dry, we are now careful. Everyone is hoping the forecast for rain for next week proves to be accurate. We are supposed to have rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mostly we love sunshine but now we are hoping for rain, which reminds us of living in Texas. Pray for rain!