78-year-old Nathan Graham says not a single drop of water has come through their house in almost five weeks.
"We have to haul it in jugs and buckets and whatever we can get it in and we have to go somewhere where we can get it," Said Graham.
Graham's daughter Deborah says after their well dried up, they paid South Alabama Utilities $630.00 thinking the company would run pipes to their home and install a water meter."When we first found out we couldn't get the well we couldn't get no water we went straight to them paid the money and they was supposed to come out run the pipe set the meter," Said Deborah Black.
The Graham's say they put a stake at the end of their property hoping they could place their water meter there, but South Alabama Utilities says the closest is almost two-tenths of a mile away from their property. In order to get water flowing, South Alabama Utilities says the Graham's will have to run pipes themselves, something the Graham's say they can't afford or physicaly do on their own. "I just have to get somebody that is nice enough to help me and I can't even do that,"Said Graham. South Alabama Utilities says they are willing to give the Grahams a full refund. But the Graham's say at this point they just want water and fast. The Semmes family is also looking into reinstalling a well. Graham says it will cost them around $1,200.00, but at this rate he says it may be the less expensive way to go.
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