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CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) -- The city has asked residents not to water until two broken wells in the Quichapa Lake area are repaired, which is expected by Thursday night.
"It's sort of a crisis," Larry Baker, city public relations director, said Monday night.
"We've been trying to get them fixed all day, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen for a few days," he said.
The Quichapa No. 7 well has been problematic for months. It failed in December and then again in June.
While workers were attempting to repair No. 7 on Sunday night, Quichapa No. 6 failed.
Robbie Mitchell, supervisor of the water department, said that in his 13 years with the city, it never has had two wells down at the same time before.
Both wells feed the Cross Hollows Tank. To preserve what water is in the tank, the city decided to restrict outside water use, Mitchell said.
The city has received state approval to drill another well in the Quichapa Lake area, but has yet to begin work on the project, Mitchell said.
The addition of another well likely would keep the city's water tanks at or near capacity when one well was out of order.
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