Editing East Porterville, California (section)

==Infrastructure==

In August 2014 during [[2012–14 North American drought]], East Porterville was experiencing "Exceptional"<ref name="USDM scale">{{cite web|title=U.S. Drought Monitor Classification Scheme|url=http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/AboutUs/ClassificationScheme.aspx|publisher=[[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]]|access-date=August 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821215136/http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/AboutUs/ClassificationScheme.aspx|archive-date=August 21, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Droughts in the United States|drought]] conditions,<ref name="USDM Report for California">{{cite web|title=U.S. Drought Monitor results for August 19th 2014|url=http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA|publisher=[[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]]|access-date=August 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227210302/http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA|archive-date=December 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> as was the entirety of Tulare County. The ''[[Fresno Bee]]'' reported that close to 1000 homes were without water due to a declining water table and dependence on shallow wells.<ref name="water table">{{Cite news|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/08/22/4083201_volunteers-deliver-bottled-water.html|title=Volunteers deliver bottled water to drought-stricken community|author=Lewis Griswold|date=August 22, 2014|work=The Fresno Bee|access-date=August 23, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140824024520/http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/08/22/4083201_volunteers-deliver-bottled-water.html|archive-date=August 24, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although scores of people had been calling public agencies such as the county, the next-door city of Porterville, and the local water district to report dry wells, authorities have not realized the extent of the problem since the agencies did not track private wells.<ref name=LAT>{{cite news|last1=Marcum|first1=Diana|title='HI, DO YOU HAVE WATER?' IN A CENTRAL CALIF. TOWN, ANSWER IS OFTEN NO.|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/great-reads/la-me-c1-east-porterville-20140918-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date= September 18, 2014}}</ref>