

This Wednesday photo shows brown grass near the Civil War Memorial on Gardiner Common, one of the local public spaces showing signs of the dry weather.
Brown grass near Civil War Memorial on Gardiner Common is one indication of the lack of rain in the region this summer.
Randy Webber, of Mount Vernon, fills a plastic bottle Wednesday with spring water in Vienna. Despite dry conditions, Webber said the spring always provides cool, clear water.
Fred Rolfe mans the controls as the crew from Rolfe's Well Drilling drills a well on Wednesday at a home construction site in Belgrade.
Ted Rolfe, left, and Fred Rolfe add a new section of pipe to the drilling rig as the crew from Rolfe's Well Drilling drills a well on Wednesday at a home construction site in Belgrade.
Fred Rolfe mans the controls as the crew from Rolfe's Well Drilling drills a well on Wednesday at a home construction site in Belgrade.
Fred Rolfe mans the controls as the crew from Rolfe's Well Drilling drills a well on Wednesday at a home construction site in Belgrade.
Fred Rolfe mans the controls as the crew from Rolfe's Well Drilling drills a well on Wednesday at a home construction site in Belgrade. One local well driller said he has heard from a few people who have lost pressure in their wells and weather service officials say they don't anticipate a lot of rain anytime soon.