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Drought: As wells run dry, water trucks gain popularity
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Nov 17, 2014
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Drought: As wells run dry, water trucks gain popularity
Drilling new, deeper wells is expensive, and there's no guarantee they'll actually produce water. Ezra David Romero with the California Report has this story about another solution.
Many rural California residents rely on private wells for tap water — wells that are starting to dry up.
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Drilling new, deeper wells is expensive, and there's no guarantee they'll actually produce water. Ezra David Romero with the California Report has this story about another solution.

As the drought grinds on, more and more communities that depend on well water are watching their wells run dry.

Drilling new, deeper wells is expensive, and there's no guarantee they'll actually produce water.

So, what to do?

Ezra David Romero with the California Report has this story about another solution -- one which rolls on four wheels.