>> there is literally just a drip drip drip from this pipe into the shrinking wild duck pond in ridgewoods were sunning themselves but it looked as if they were left high and dry. >> it just keeps going down and the tide keeps going out very fast. >> reporter: the waterway dries up without rain, but many streams are at extremely low levels from pennsylvania and connecticut and into new england, a england, and they say that the area is in a moderate drought. >> it has been low before, but at this time of the year, you would like to have a little bit more water. >> reporter: fountains in the county park run to keep the oxygen in the remaining water for the fish here. a few blocks away, the sprinklers are on mandatory odd/even days depending on the house number. some lawns are too far gone in some spots. and steve lister's lawn has a fighting chance. >> if you comply with the odd/even days, it is not that difficult. >> reporter: but the underground sprinklers have to be reset for three days a week. >> most of the water comes from the wells, and so we have learned that it makes sense to have