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Thursday, October 23, 2014

California community suffers as wells dry up in drought

Pastor Frankie Olmedo, who volunteers four hours a day to hand out water, fills up a container for Luis Bocanegra, 35, in Porterville, California By Lucy Nicholson East Porterville Calif. (Reuters) - In one of the towns hardest hit by California's drought, the only way some residents can get water to flush the toilet is to drive to the fire station, hand-pump water into barrels and take it back home. The trip has become a regular ritual for East Porterville residents Macario Beltran, 41, and his daughters, who on a recent evening pumped the water into containers in the bed of his old pickup truck to be used for bathing, dish washing and flushing. ...




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