STRATFORD, Calif. (KFSN) — The town of Stratford is without drinking water this evening after both of the wells, their water system runs on, failed.
Sunday morning Diane and Billy Griffith woke up to the unimaginable.
"It’s devastating.
It really hits you hard when it happens at home," said Stratford resident Diane Griffith.
Using what is left of the water in their trailer to shower and bottled water to hydrate and cook, the couple says their main concern is for others.
We have the elderly in this town," said Diane.
"Some of the structure where the water pulls through failed and were getting sand in the system –so the pump, so we had to shut those pumps off to not cause more damage to those pumps," said S.P.U.D President Jeff Gonzalez.
"We have had failures on that first well.
We just keep going and doing the best we can to keep the water going," said Gonzalez.
Once those repairs are made, it will take several days for the district to flush the distribution system, test the water, and receive authorization from the Division of Drinking Water to lift the "do not drink your water" notice.