Residents of Merced County CA town hit with water shortage
Residents in the Merced County town of Ballico are advised not to drink the water after a mechanical failure at the well which supplies the community. According to Tricia Wathen, section chief of the State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water Central California, the board was notified Saturday that a Ballico Community Services District well failed on Friday afternoon. Wathen said the problem is believed to be mechanical, and is expected to be repaired once parts are available. … The community worked with Merced County Office of Emergency Services and a local school to connect water to the system from the school’s irrigation well.