For those who've been waiting and even praying for rain in southwestern Nova Scotia, this deluge has barely had an impact.
This weekend's rainfall hasn't stemmed the flow of people showing up to fill up at the public well in Liverpool.
“There's a foot valve, draws the water up and mine is still below the foot valve,” said resident Darren Foley.
Foley's well went dry in early September, which is later than many others. He's still hauling about 16 four-litre jugs home every three days.
It's becoming the norm in the area, where the rainfall totals this weekend were lower than many places. Only 49 millimetres in the Yarmouth area and about 75 millimetres in Western Head, near Liverpool.
“There's hundreds of people around here that their wells are dry,” said resident Charles Norman. “I was talking to one gentleman this morning and he said that rain was good. His well went up about a foot.”
The number of dry wells is believed to have stabilized at about 2,000, mostly in the southwest.
In Chester, some wells remain unusable even after a good soaking of rain as it was too heavy, too fast.
“We're still trucking in water, one to two truckloads a week, so anywhere between 35 and 7,000 gallons a week,” said Chester tavern owner Bob Youden.
Youden says the persistent dry conditions make an already slim profit margin even thinner at his tavern.
Municipalities are still distributing drinking water.
“Every little bit of rain helps, but we do need a lot more in this part of the province to bring the water table up to a point where wells will hold it,” said Zach Churchill, the Nova Scotia minister for EMO.
Provincial parks are providing water and showers, but not indefinitely. They'll close for the season Oct. 27.
In the meantime the province is working on a plan to get water to those who need it.
With files from CTV Atlantic’s Sarah Ritchie.
