The hot and dry summer continues in Hamilton/Flamborough area and it's starting to show.  Driving through the local neighbourhoods, one can see browning laws crying out for a drop of water.  As we continue to sweat through one of the driest summers in recent history, the Hamilton Conservation Authority has declared a Level 1 Low Water Condition.  Low Water criteria are set out by the provincial government in it's Low Water Response Plan.  Low water condition levels range from Level I to Level III increasing in severity of water supply shortages and water use restrictions.On August 1 HCA reported that Hamilton area received just 100.4 millimeters of rain from May to July, only 40 per cent of what is normally received in that time period.  The three-month average precipitation across the ... 08/04/2007