Week of October 10, 2016
1,639 Cumulative Reported Domestic Well Failures (an increase of 3 from previous report) as of October 10, 2016
Current Active Well Failures: 633 (an increase of 2 from previous report)
Interim Solutions: 666 (a decrease of 4 from previous report)
Resolved Failures: 340 (an increase of 5 from previous report)
- As of September 23, 2016, the Bottled Drinking Water Program has approved 1,945 qualified households (no report this week)
- Tulare County's Health and Human Services Agency has identified 695 clientele that have been affected by the drought (an increase of 2 from previous report), with 17 applications pending determination
- As of October 7, 2016, Tulare County's Environmental Health has approved over 5,836 drilling permits for wells (an increase of 25 from previous report) since January 1, 2014
- The Workforce Investment Board reported that 330 employees have been laid off or have had their work hours reduced due to drought (no change from previous report)
- 2-1-1, through the United Way of Tulare County, has received 9,231 drought related calls requesting referrals for assistance (an increase of 136 from previous report)
- As of October 9, 2016, FoodLink has distributed 295,204 drought related food relief packages (an increase of 2,224 from previous report)