Summer heat has caused a critical drought in Brunswick County as residential water wells begin to run dry.
With drought conditions in Brunswick County worsening, even with some rain, residents relying on well water hope their water supply does not dry up.
Brunswick is currently under extreme and exceptional drought conditions, which are the two highest tiers on the U.S. Drought Monitor scale. According to the scale, this is the driest the county has been in 15 years. County officials recently announced that the county reached 98% of its water capacity on July 5, with other days reaching 90% or higher…