WELL........   

                 things could have been worse.  But for a week, things seemed pretty dire.  No rain in ages, too many people moving in the area building houses, barns, swimming pools and ponds finally caused the eventuality we knew was coming.  Wells began to run dry up here on our little hill two weeks ago and we were no exception. This is happening all over our county.  We had to BUY a truck load of water to put into our tank to see us through the week while we waiting for the wonderful, overworked well companies to rescue us.  

Our county entered stage 3 drought conditions. We began all our personal conservation strategies.  Short showers, saving shower/dishwashing water, saving water from the dehumidifier and the air conditioner and buying HEB drinking water. Only our trees get watered by hand in early morning or evening.  There are six people who live on this property and everyone did their best to conserve.   

We now have a new and deeper well. The well companies here are so very backed up with constant calls from desperate land owners.  These are wonderful men and women who worked in the 95 + degree heat for several days.  We now have several new storage containers on the property too.  We only have one roof with a gutter, but will be adding more.  We are continuing those conservation strategies mentioned above because I guess we are afraid our new, deeper well might still not be enough to counter this situation long term.  

Being without water is scary. 

Two different well companies worked with us, plus we had advice from the Cow Creek Conservation organization.

..... and there it is, new and pumping