Near record rain in June has left plentiful water supplies, but you're all wet if you expect to water your lawn anytime you want.

Outdoor watering restrictions remain in effect in several communities.

And, water officials don't anticipate easing those bans, even though municipalities have lost money due to the rain.

The more water they sell, the higher their revenues.

Mansfield this year has pumped about 34 million gallons less than in 2005, Water Operations Manager Kurt Gaffney said Tuesday. Water revenues are down about $170,000, partly due to the rain. Yet mandatory odd-even watering restrictions implemented on May 27 remain in effect until Sept. 8. Lawn watering is allowed only from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

`` We wouldn't lift it,'' Gaffney said. `` We don't want to put any additional stress on our system. With heavy demands on the system, you start getting hydraulic problems.''

The wet start to 2006 has brought 32.68 inches of rain to Attleboro through Monday, according to the city water department. The June rainfall total was 12.57 inches, just shy of the rainfall record for the month.

However, only 1.73 inches fell in July, nearly half the 10-year average of 3.18 inches.

The Attleboro Water Department in June pumped almost 50.8 million gallons less than in June 2005, Assistant Water Superintendent Gregory O'Brien said.

As a result, Manchester Reservoir is about 95 percent full, he said. The reservoir is typically 75 percent to 80 percent full this time of year.

Attleboro has no water restrictions, and O'Brien does not anticipate any being implemented.

`` Our supply is real good right now,'' O'Brien said.

Attleboro's water revenues are down, partly due to the rain, he said. Yet the summer is far from over, and extreme heat is blanketing the region this week.

`` You can't predict what August and September could bring,'' O'Brien said. `` It could be a dry month.'' Norton Water Superintendent Duane Knapp said his department is pumping less, but saving money on related expenses.

`` You lose a little bit on one end, but you're saving on electrical costs and everything else. It sort of balances out,'' Knapp said.

Norton has strictly enforced its ban of automatic sprinklers. Outdoor watering must be done by hand-held hose.

Knapp does not anticipate tightening the ban.

`` We can get by, and we're doing fine,'' he said.

Foxboro Water Superintendent Leo Potter said his town is in a similar boat.

The town restricts outdoor watering on an odd-even basis from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., with no weekends. Watering by hand-held hose is permitted anytime.

Foxboro still has one well that is not being used, but which could be tapped during a dry spell without tightening the town's restrictions, Potter said.

`` I get a feeling that if it happens, it'll only be for a day or two,'' he said.

MICHAEL GELBWASSER can be reached at 508-236-0372 or at mgelbwasser@thesunchronicle.com.