Yarmouth County got a little relief with this weekend's rainstorm, but it's still dry.

The area has been coping with low water levels and a lack of wet weather, which caused many wells to dry up. An estimated 10.6 millimetres of rain fell at the Yarmouth airport on Saturday.

Helena Brown, who lives in Glenwood, N.S., has been dealing with dangerously low levels in her well. It wasn't a huge amount, but she said it makes the situation a little less stressful.

'It's not wonderful'

"We actually are able now to flush the toilet from the house. We're still doing laundry away from home simply because we know that water table level is still low," Brown said.

"The rain has done some. It's not wonderful by any means yet."

The most noticeable difference is in her pond, she said, where the water has risen significantly with the rain.

"We've had more rain yesterday and in the night before last than we have had probably all summer long," she said.

'The situation is better'

But more rain is still needed. Brown said some wells in her area are still dry, noting she and her husband have to lug in their drinking water.

A look at some of the dry conditions in the Municipality of the District of Argyle in September. Saturday's rain brought a brief reprieve to the area. (Stephanie Blanchet/Radio-Canada)

"The situation is better, but the frustrating part is it doesn't mean that it's taken that stress off of any of the people in our community," she said.

"It has been a real nightmare, in a lot of ways. It really has."

More rain needed

Murray Goodwin, the outgoing warden for the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, is hoping for more rain, too.

"I'd like to see the rain that some of the other places have been getting," he said.

"It just seems that the storms keep splitting or going both sides of us."

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Goodwin said the situation has gotten better — he thinks they've "turned a corner" in terms of well water levels. The fire department is giving out less water than earlier this year, he said.

More rain is forecasted for the county on Sunday and several days later this week.

'We're not over it yet'

Paul d'Entremont, who owns Paul's Water Service in Lower West Pubnico, N.S., near Yarmouth, said he has been getting fewer calls to deliver water.

"There's still some wells that are dry, but there's a lot less than there was before," he said Sunday.

"It already has changed so much, but we're not over it yet. We didn't have the amount of [rain] that was called for."

D'Entremont said he is looking forward to the expected rain so he can do his job without much overtime.