On Wednesday, the South Nation Conservation (SNC) Authority announced it was maintaining its level-three low water advisory across its jurisdiction, citing months of persistent hot, dry weather during the summer.

Although rainfall returned in October and November, the water deficit has been so severe that some Eastern Ontario residents on private wells continue to experience significant impacts.

Kristyn Campbell, a mother of seven living in Vankleek Hill, says her family and animals have been struggling with a surface well that began running dry in mid-August.

“We have lived on a well our entire adult lives and never experienced anything like this before,” Campbell said.

The SNC first issued its level-three designation in late August and noted that many private well users were experien

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