The City of Nogales is preparing to drill a new well to add capacity to the current water supply. As we grow we use more water and need more water to protect our communities from fire and other hazards. Drilling a new well for public use is complicated. [Click here to see what is involved in drilling a new public well.]

No doubt the first public-supply water system was when Jack the Caveman was hired by his neighbors to fetch a bucket of water from Dinosaur River in exchange for some delicious prehistoric bran muffins. Organized systems that get water, clean it and deliver it to local residents still exist all over the world.

Public water-supply systems, which you might know better as the county and city water departments, are vitally important to all populations. These are government or privately-run facilities that withdraw water from rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and wells and then deliver it to our homes, businesses, and schools. The majority of the population (about 84 percent) of the United States nowadays gets their water in this manner. You probably get your home drinking water this way. In the past, when the population was a lot more rural, people used to have to dig their own wells and create storage tanks for their water supply. But with the majority of people living in bigger cities the public-supply systems do that work for us. All we do is turn on the tap and pay the bills! [Read More]

Right now, February 1, 2006, we are working with Nogales Unified School District 1 to obtain the land we will need for the well. We will keep you up-to-date with the progress of this project.