English Mountain residents near 2 weeks without water

Residents on English Mountain heard what they have been wanting to hear for a long time; a review board with the state Comptroller’s Office has asked for all current board members of ESCUD to step down. There are still problems that need to be addressed and people still without water.

“Since November of this year we have been out of water three times already,” English Mountain resident Jerry Hayes said. “We’re in December and there are people who have not had water this month on the mountain. We’ve got a major problem, we were at the state Comptroller’s office yesterday and for the first time in 10 years we have hope.”

Residents are always in limbo when it comes to knowing whether or not they will have water that day.

“You get up at 5:30 in the morning and never know if you’re going to be able to bathe,” English Mountain resident John Kirkbride said when talking about getting up for work. “We work with people so if we can’t bathe we aren’t going into work so we are missing out on quiet a bit of money anytime the water system is out. When you get home from work and make dinner, but you don’t know if you can.”

Because they cannot rely on their water supply, they are unable to flush their toilets, wash their clothes and dishes. When the water goes out on the mountain, it impedes their day to day lives, and some need clean, reliable water due to medical conditions.

https://www.wate.com/news/sevier-county-news/residents-on-english-mountain-nearing-two-weeks-with-no-water/

This is not an impoverished area. These are nice homes, for the most part, some extra nice. This happened at least once before, when I lived near there in the 1970s, but at that time the water was "only" contaminated for several months, requiring the residents to haul water for drinking, cooking, and bathing their kids.