MAINE, USA — In McGalloway Township, the northernmost reach of Oxford County, homeowner Jessica Champagne is one of many in drought-stricken Maine who is resorting to nearby river water to replenish the family’s well to wash dishes, flush the toilet and shower.

“If we need to do laundry, and we have to, we usually go through more water, obviously, for that. So we’ve been really spacing out and being picky on which article of clothing needs to be washed this time,” Champagne said in a telephone interview.

Champagne said she is used to her shallow well’s water dipping low in the summer, but not for such a protracted amount of time as this year.

As of Nov. 6, the National Weather Service reported that all of Maine was in a state of drought . And while a couple of rainfall events between

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