A little overnight rain was welcome in Manchester, but didn’t fix a problem they are wrestling with. The town put out a release about conserving water while they wait for reservoir levels to rise.

Another symptom of a dry fall for our state.

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“You can see patches of grass but the rest of it was just all yellow,” said Lisa Martin, who welcomed us into her backyard.

It had a fresh coat of dirt down to re-do the lawn, partially because of how dry its been. She’s starting at square one.

“We had to do the whole lawn over,” she said.

But you won’t catch the sprinklers running.

The town’s Water and Sewer Department said the reservoirs are at 79.4% capacity. Below 80%, and they explain they start to ask residents to cons

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