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Residents with well problems urged to make report in Butte County, California
7/22/2014 2:40:50 PM



CATEGORIES:
Business & Industry
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Butte County, CA
Chico, CA
Durham, CA
Nord, CA
Orland, CA

Start Date: 7/16/2014 -  
The Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation sent out a notice requesting that residents with dry or sputtering wells, low water pressure or sand in their water file a voluntary online report. About a dozen reports have been submitted. The county’s water scientist said that the reports have come from the Durham Dayton Road, near Vina, along Stanford Avenue in Durham and in the foothills and that many of the wells were about 60 to 70 feet deep. Chico Enterprise Record (Calif.), July 17, 2014
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