With less than 100 days of water in storage, people in the rural Northern California town of Willits скачать в хорошем качестве

With less than 100 days of water in storage, people in the rural Northern California town of Willits

(6 Feb 2014) VOICE-OVER SCRIPT: WILLITS IS A SMALL LOGGING TOWN SURROUNDED BY THE REDWOOD FORESTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT'S VERDANT HILLS ARE USUALLY COVERED IN GREEN...BUT NOW, EVERYTHING IN TOWN IS TURNING BROWN. SOUNDBITE: Jim Harden, Willits homeowner: "If I wanted to live with rocks around my house, I'd move to Arizona. I don't want that. I want our annual rainfall to come back." DRIED-UP PLANTS ARE JUST A SMALL PART OF THE PROBLEM AS AN HISTORICALLY DRY WINTER HAS LEFT WILLITS WITH LESS THAN A 100-DAY SUPPLY OF WATER. THE RESERVOIR JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN IS ALMOST EMPTY. A NEARBY DAM SHOWS THE WATER LEVEL AT JUST FOUR INCHES. SOUNDBITE: Bruce Burton, City councilman: "We would expect this to be full right now. If it were, we'd be standing in maybe two feet of water." THE GOVERNOR DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY...AS MANY RURAL AREAS...INCLUDING WILLITS...ARE DANGEROUSLY LOW ON WATER. THE TOWN OF ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND HAS IMPLEMENTED MANDATORY WATER USE RESTRICTIONS. THEY'VE ALREADY BANNED WATERING LAWNS AND WASHING CARS...EXCEPT AT THIS COMMUNITY CAR WASH USING RECYCLED WATER. (car wash nats) SOUNDBITE: Andrea Onstad, Willits resident: "Turned off the toilet. I haven't washed my hair for two weeks." SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS IN TOWN ARE USING PAPER PLATES TO CUT BACK ON DISHWASHING. OTHERS ARE OFFERING DRINKING WATER ONLY BY REQUEST. SOUNDBITE: Anna Kenny, waitress "Everyone's a little worried and a little panicked." SOUNDBITE: Jim Harden, Homeowner "It scares us. As a homeowner, we worry about property values." WILLITS OFFICIALS ARE IN A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK TO DEVELOP NEW GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES AND BUILD AN EXPENSIVE TREATMENT FACILITY WITHIN CITY LIMITS. BUT UNLESS IT RAINS SIGNIFICANTLY SOON, THAT MAY COME TOO LATE TO HELP WITH THE CURRENT HISTORIC DROUGHT. HAVEN DALEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS, WILLITS, CALIFORNIA. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...