After a water main break July 31 left the Creekside Mobile Home Park without clean water for days, the Lewisville community has stepped up to make sure residents have something to drink.
A week later, help continues to flow to residents.
The morning after the park lost water, Aug. 1, management requested the city’s help to get water to the residents.
The city contacted the Salvation Army, which passed out cases of bottled water to residents.
Documents obtained by The Lewisville Texan Journal show numerous repeated Texas Commission on Environmental Quality violations by the Creekside system over the past five years.
For Lewisville community members Dealynn Richard and Terry Hayes, one day wasn’t enough.
With the help of donations from the community, Richard said she brought 130 cases the next day.
Richard said she passed out 100 more cases the Monday after that.
“If anyone says anything, what they do is they go around and they start fining.” Richard said she and Hayes were organizing community members to meet off the premises so they can speak freely.
She said park residents who want to be involved, or Lewisville community members who want to donate toward water for park residents, can contact Richard at 214-418-8719, her daughter Rochelle Richard at 214-477-2425 or find Hayes on Facebook.