Drinking, showering, cooking…we all rely on tap water everyday as a part of our routine. It is easy to take the endless flowing water from out facets for granted. What would you do if your tap water supply ends?
“California’s extreme drought has dried up tap water supplies for hundreds of people living in rural San Joaquin Valley homes.
At least 182 of the 1,400 homes in East Porterville, California have no water or are having “some kind of water issue,” the Porterville Recorder reports. The state’s drought, which is in its third year, has dried up some of these residents’ wells, forcing the county to deliver emergency supplies of water. The wells rely on the Tule River for water, but due to the drought, river flows have plummeted this year.
Tulare County Office of Emergency Services delivered 12-gallon-per person rations of bottled water to affected residents Friday, and the county has also provided a 5,000-gallon, non-potable water tank for people to use for bathing and flushing.
But the bottled water rations are only supposed to last three weeks, Emergency services manager Andrew Lockman told the AP — after that, low-income residents will need to sign up for a grant program in order to keep receiving water, and the county is asking local companies to make bottled water donations.” *
Ben Mankiewics (http://www.twitter.com/benmank77), Wes Clark Jr. and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) discuss.
*Read more here from http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/08/24/3475067/california-drought-dries-up-wells/