Temporary waterworks

By: Tim Kessler - El Dorado News-Times

News-Times/Chris Vinn Life line...More than a mile of fire hose runs down the shoulder of Lapile Road east of Strong to provide water for homes who receive water through the Batts Chapel-Lapile Water Association. Numerous residents of the area are without water after a creek bed collapsed onto a wa...

Residents of the Batts Chapel-Lapile communities say they are coping with a water shortage caused by a break in the main water line.

Cindy Woolsey, spokeswoman for the Batts Chapel-Lapile Water Association, reported that damage occurred to the water line on Oct. 19 after heavy...

Published: 10/29/2009