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Thursday, July 22, 2021

Hundreds in Glenn County without water as wells dry up during drought

GLENN COUNTY, Calif. — As California's drought continues to worsen, people living and working in Glenn County say their wells are drying up. That means no clean drinking water and no plumbing. 

Glenn County's Office of Emergency Services said this year's drought is breaking records, in a bad way. During the last drought, from 2014 to 2017, the maximum number of residents at one time with dry wells was 30. 

This year, OES says the statistics are alarming: