Reply #74: Our small town blew out its only working well, but we are not on severe water restrictions

[sammytko]

We were without water for a couple of days. Our only working well went out a couple of times. They've set up temporary pipes from another well to the storage tank. The storage tank that goes with the working well can;t be used, so it has to be piped in to the good tank.

Looks like we finally have grant money to fix the bad tank.

But, we can still water twice a day! Its not a water problem we have, but a getting the water out of the ground problem. We are surronded by grass farms that pump water on their sod all day long. There are farmers with nice green fields for their livestock. If you can afford to pay the elctric to run the pumps to water your fields you are OK. Most of them belong to a co-op so their bills are lower.

We are a small town south of san antonio - been in the news a lot lately due to our water woes, but once the water is on, everyone waters their grass. WEll, not everyone, those that can afford the high water costs. We are trying to build up a reserve to pay for water system repairs. Our water bill runs about 150 or so a month.

Our aquifer usage is down compared to the same time last year. We are on the Carrizo-Wilcox. We are sparsly populated, so guess that is why we are not as strictly regulated as the San Antonio area.

The only reason they restrict us now to twice a day is to lessen strain on the one pump.