PUBLIC WATER SHORT IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY

(11/04/2008)

It's dry in West Virginia. The National Weather Service reports that 86 percent of West Virginia is experiencing conditions ranging from severe drought to abnormally dry. The Pocahontas Public Service District is supplying water to residents to get them through the state's prolonged dry spell. PSD manager Rick Barkley says a 4,000 gallon tanker truck was brought in last week to help customers in Bartow, Durbin and Franklin. The area is dependent on springs for water, and Barkley says it's the driest he's seen in his 28 years of working for the PSD. Barkley says it will take 4 to 6 inches of rain to relieve conditions in Pocahontas County.

Hur Herald ®from Sunny Cal The information on these pages, to the extent the law allows, remains the exclusive property of Bob Weaver and Dianne Weaver The Hur Herald. All information may be freely used but must not be sold or used in any type of commercial endeavor, or used on any web site without the express permission of the owners ©Bob and Dianne Weaver, The Hur Herald, 1999, 2000, 2001