Well wars bubble over in Coconino County

water_wars_top2By EricBetz | Arizona Daily Sun

It’s a fact of life most take for granted. A turn of the faucet brings an endless supply of water. But for thousands living off the grid in Coconino County, the hot, dry months mean watching water use and worrying about well levels.

The nightmare scenario happened for Parks resident Nancy Waldrop earlier this spring. She turned the tap and the water sputtered out. Her well had run dry.

Just 100 feet away sits the Parks Watering Hole. On weekends, she says there’s a line of trucks with tanks waiting at the standpipe to pull hundreds of gallons of water and transport it to neighboring homes and communities, where water woes have become worse with this year’s dry winter.

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