Bear Wanderer,
The loss of city water in year area is nothing new.
Your best bet if you intend to stay in that area is to develop a cistern or better yet drill a well.
"The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon, and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Gen. T.J. Jackson, March 1861
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