WORTH CO., GA (WALB) -
If you're on city water, you should be thankful.
A lot of people who aren't are turning on the faucets to find nothing's coming out.
The ongoing drought is lowering the water table on forcing many South Georgians to dig deeper wells.
Marian Ford has been working nearly nonstop drilling deeper wells for people all over Southwest Georgia.
We caught up with him in Sylvester this afternoon.
"We're working just as hard as we can go. We're out here six days a week trying to get people water," said Ford.
As this drought continues to cripple South Georgia, some people may end up going weeks without water.
"We've had to drill wells for people who's been out of water for 6 to 8 weeks," said Ford.
Ford says some of his costumers even get emotional after going long periods without water.
"When we get there and they see us there, some of them will start crying just because they're glad we're there to get them some water," said Ford.
With Mother Nature not providing any rain, the shrinking water table isn't replenishing. Ford says this is a vital time to be conservative with water.
"Water is very valuable right here in Georgia, right now. It's no reason for water to be wasted, none what so ever. Not at this time, there's not," said Ford.
He hopes this drought ends soon for the sake of his customers.
"If we don't get no rain, I don't know what's going to happen. It's bad. It's bad," said Ford.
But for now he'll keep working hard to make sure people in South Georgia have access to the most important resource there is… water.
Ford said he's drilling wells as deep as 120 feet to find water. Normally they're around 60 to 70 feet.
We all should remember not to waste water, but Ford says that's especially important for those of you on well water. If you don't conserve, your well could go dry.
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