Well owners may now be hoping for a long snow-free period.
The wells are now threatening to dry up in many places in South Savo. Groundwater is below average in almost the entire province and also from South Savo down to Southeast and South Finland. It has rained too little during the summer to fill up the dry ground water reserves.
Well water may need to be regulated now, because if the ground freezes before proper rains, groundwater will not accumulate until next spring.
– Very little moisture left on the ground can settle there. We have to hope that the ground will be thawed for as long as possible, says groundwater expert Panu Ranta from the ely center in Etelä-Savo.
The longer the ground is thawed, the longer groundwater accumulates.
– In addition, it is good to remember that the local variation in the groundwater level can be large, says Ranta.