Despite back-to-back good water years, domestic wells are still drying up all across the valley as record breaking heat waves pummel the region.  The state saw slightly above average runoff for the 2023-2024 water year with significant precipitation and major reservoirs largely above average levels. That’s on top of an epic 2022-2023 water year. The effect was that groundwater levels rebounded in many areas. Then this summer’s brutal heat set in, drying up at-risk wells across the valley.  The nonprofit group Self-Help Enterprises has seen the influx firsthand.  Before June, staff were getting about five dry well calls a month. As temperatures escalated in June, calls skyrocketed to 15 a week. In the past three months, Self-Help has set up water tanks for about 55 households.