Hartford, Middlesex and Tolland counties are contiguous and farmers in the five counties are eligible for consideration of certain emergency assistance, such as low-interest loans, from the Farm Service Agency.
Despite heavy rain and wet weather on Tuesday, town officials are still concerned about the month-long drought and ask residents to lower their water usage.
East Lyme Water customers are under mandatory water conservation and a twice-weekly irrigation schedule is in effect until further notice. The state is under.
East Lyme ― The Water and Sewer Department has targeted a reduction in the use of lawn sprinklers as its first line of defense against the continuing drought.
Matthew Garneau, the town’s assistant ut.
Connecticut’s drought conditions are expected to persist over the next couple of weeks, thanks in part to a week of mostly dry weather across New England.