Water Levels

[TripleR]

A lot of wells going dry in NE Ontario. Water trucks are busy.

I dug a couple of post holes to 50" this spring, and there was NO ground water. Normally I would be stuffing the post in the minute the auger came out. That has now been followed by three months of no rain. Crops are absolutely ruined here.

The only crops doing well this year are those who irrigate. I have never seen it this bad.

 

[dave1949]

Never thought of this drought-related effect.

US homes cracking from drought-parched soil | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

 

[Car Doc]

Its bad and next year it will be clear just how bad it was we are not seeing the whole picture yet.

 

[PoorPlowboy]

Water levels are normal here.

Water levels are always normal in WA! DEEP! :laughing:

 

[SPIKER]

I been at my place 12 yrs now, this is the 2nd time the creek dried up, the first time there were still springs keeping pools open for the frogs, this year is similar frog pools the benefit is I can scoop up 100 yards of gravel if I wanted... Dont need it so not wasting the fuel, the last time we cut/broke out some large sandstone slabs out of the bottom that was scoured to bedrock after pulling a few yards of loos gravel off the top. made up a couple small patios

love the natural root trails in the rocks, holding up pretty good other than the green algae on them &a bit of freeze thaw cracking....

BTW those BBQ pit block are the BIG ones (6h x8w x 16 long) menards sells & dont like the heat at all. that have to re-build...

 

[dave1949]

Maybe you could rebuild with a simple dry-stacked fire brick lining. Concrete hates fire. Natural stone is bad enough and can throw "shrapnel" when it breaks from heat expansion.

 

[creekbend]

Our area has had above average rainfall this year. "Knock on Wood". Last year it was very dry and not much precipitation was recorded for several months. I feel sorry for the Farmers in the drought stricken regions.

 

[cqaigy2]

Water levels are always normal in WA! DEEP! :laughing:

LOL yup thats normal.

 

[Tig]

Looking at historical data I'm surprised that we are not breaking records. I've been around this shore my entire life and things look low to me.
On the up side, I've been waiting for an opportunity to re-set my boat life in the river. Typically it's awkward even during low water, stirring up the bottom, mucking around with the posts that I set down on bedrock. This year will be different. At this rate I may be able to do this in my sneakers in late October.