Well collapse leaves Arkansas town without water source

[TexasTowelie]

CARTHAGE — Officials say the only well serving a small Arkansas town has collapsed, leaving residents without a water source.

Dallas County Emergency Management Director Cary Dunn said Thursday a stopgap emergency well could be completed within three to six months, but the full well likely won’t be repaired for a year.

Dunn says a 400-gallon water tank has been delivered while the town’s approximately 385 residents wait for an even larger 5,000-gallon tank. He also says the local Walmart donated pallets of bottled water, which is being distributed by the Carthage Fire Department.

Dunn contacted state emergency management after discovering the collapse Wednesday and declared a local disaster for Carthage. Officials estimate each resident will need about two gallons of water daily, which they’ll have to fetch from the tank.

Carthage is 47 miles southwest of Little Rock.

https://www.swtimes.com/news/20190802/well-collapse-leaves-arkansas-town-without-water-source
(Fort Smith Times Record)

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1. Just so you know

I live less than 30 miles from here. This is another disaster brought on by koch bros industries. Poor black area in the middle of the forest industry. I dont think the 50 to 100 people who have lived here for 4 or 5 generations can take this. Towns that most of the people here work at are growing. So most will move and lose on the land they should be making money off of. No bank around here is going to help them. Even though they makes millions on the forestry. Good hard working people who lack knowledge and resources to survive this.