Many people who live in the Fresno area say water isn’t flowing from their taps like it used to. Households using private groundwater wells are finding the water table is falling below their pump during the drought.
Arthur and Orum drills new water wells for farmers and homeowners in the Fresno area. The company’s Kim Hammond says phones have been ringing off the hook.
“It’s just panic in their voice when they call, because they’ve woke up in the morning and they don’t have any water,” says Hammond.
Hammond says she has more bad news for the people on the phone, there’s an eight to nine-month wait, and new wells can cost $17,000 or more.