Many parts of Western Wisconsin are suffering through drought conditions. And while crops and lawns are suffering, so are people with water wells. We found that some wells are actually running dry.

Donny Fedie, a Mondovi well driller says he's seen a lot of wells running lower than usual and a few that have completely run out. And he says it's all attributed to the dry weather.

That sputtering of the faucet is an unwelcome sound for Bobby Woodford -- who's well in Cadott is only four years old. He says, “It was about three weeks ago the system started to push a little air through and I thought maybe that was happening so I turned my water usage down a little bit. It went ok until yesterday when it completely went dry.”

Fedie, who runs Fedie's Well Drilling Pump Service, says this is something he's seeing more of this summer -- especially around Cameron and Chetek. He says, “Throughout the years -- the more time you go without rain, the more it affects the aquifers.”

And with the past two years varying from dry to very dry depending on where you go in the state -- Fedie says our wells are having a hard time keeping up with our high water usage.

Fedie says, “Were using a lot more water than we were in the past and it affects a lot of these subdivisions with wells -- affecting these areas more than others.”

Fedie says low-yielding wells -- wells that usually produce 8-10 gallons of water a minute are the most affected. And he says unfortunately there's not much of an end in sight.

He says, “It took a long time to get this way – it’s gonna take a while to get back. To wait for precipitation – that’s a waste of time.”

But Bobby Woodford is hoping for a miracle, “I'm just gonna buy a lot of bottled water, wait it out and hopefully we'll get a little bit of rain, so I can prevent drilling another well.”

Fedie says drilling a brand new well is one of the best options if your well runs dry, but it's also the most expensive.

The only other options include drilling deeper into your existing well or just lowering the pump -- and even that can cost you between $250 and $600.