MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — In Middle Smithfield Township the crew with Pump Works is busy working on a well. This is just one of many.
"We've been producing probably 20 jobs a week," said Dan Goulet, a technician with Pump Works.
Goulet says each well the team works on is a little different, but one thing they all have in common right now is that they are dry from lack of rain.
"What ends up happening is the pump goes down the aquifer needs to replenish and give water back to the well, so when things start to dry up, sometimes people might experience low water pressure," explained Goulet.
One homeowner's well needed a process done called hydro-fracking to help get the water flowing again.
"It opens up the veins, just flushes them out, and lets more water in. It's like when you get a straw, and it gets plugged up, you just blow in it, and it flushes the stuff out," said Kevin Blumhagen with Henderson Well and Pump.
Officials with Henderson Well and Pump say they have eight jobs for the well hydro-fracking set, and the calls keep coming. It has been years since they've seen a season as dry as this.
"1998 it was really bad, we had a lot of them going dry," said Blumhagen.
The experts say with no rain in sight, homeowners with wells should keep an eye on a few things.
"So if they notice that their pump is running and they have no water, it is important to shut the breaker off and let the well replenish itself because the well will eventually give back water.
The Stormtracker 16 team says the Monroe County area is in a moderate drought.
