Our view: More than a dry spell

Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'Unlike Samuel Taylor Coleridge's bright-eyed, bearded sailor, we ...

August 6, 2022
6:30 AM

Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'Unlike Samuel Taylor Coleridge's bright-eyed, bearded sailor, we can't blame an albatross for our woes. There used to be water everywhere. And we have wasted it. The area is facing a water crisis largely of our own making and only we can get out of it.Sometime next week, the state will most likely raise Southeastern Massachusetts, including the Attleboro area, from level 2 to a level 3 — or 'critical' — drought status.