The summer dry spell is proving to be a bonanza for some local businesses.

Shane Woodley, of water tank monitoring business H2Zero Bermuda, has been run off his feet in recent weeks.

“The seasonal drought is early this year,” he said. “Business is picking up. I’m trying my best to hold it together.”

Mr Woodley sells a device that goes in the water tank to electronically monitor how much water is in there. When the water level reaches a threshold set by the customer, the app sends an alert.

He is selling three of these machines a day, on average, a figure that is much higher compared to winter when there is plenty of rain.

Mr Woodley has his own monitor set to a low threshold: 20 per cent.

“Usually, I never have to buy water,” Mr Woodley said. “This year I have already had to buy twice. Yesterday I had to unplug my water pump because I was that close to running out of water, and I did not want to run out and have the pump burn out.”

People often call him when their tank is empty.

Often he arrives to do an installation, only to find full-on disaster with the new client’s pump having burnt out when the water in the tank ran too low.

“Sometimes the pump is trying to draw water, overheats and melts,” he said.

Orrick Smith, of Warwick Plumbing, said that during droughts his plumbing store always get customers who have lost a pump due to an empty water tank.

“A water pump costs between $800 and $1,000,” he said.

Mr Smith has an electronic water monitor for his tank but confessed he often takes the more traditional approach of physically eyeballing water levels.

Baptiste Builders Supply told The Royal Gazette their stock of water pumps was low, but did not know if it was the result of water pumps burning out.

Roger Todd, president and chief executive of Watlington Waterworks, explained that demand for piped water is typically high between May and August.

“This year demand exceeded one million imperial gallons per day in mid-June, which is indicative of summer temperatures and low rainfall,” Mr Todd said. “Conversely, 2023 was a relatively wet summer which resulted in significantly lower water demand.”

He said in the cooler, wetter months, water demand can fall to 400,000 gallons per day.

Zharia Rollins, of water truck delivery service Liquid Gold, has been extremely busy since the dry spell began a few weeks ago.

Ms Rollins took over the business after her mother, Tirena Rollins, died last December.

She got her mother’s water truck back on the road in April.

“It is extremely busy and crazy right now with the heat and no rain,” Ms Rollins said. “The wait time for water can be a week for some water truckers. Everyone should try to order in advance to not be without water.”