Seville

What happened, and when

Every dated water event the register holds for Seville, newest first, each with the sources that document it.

1. July 2022Restrictedon the card

   Restricted: what happened

   In July 2022 falling groundwater cut the Yettem-Seville Community Services District's wells to half their usual output; the district imposed a mandatory ban on all outdoor watering for the rest of the summer and had water hauled in for roughly 500 residents, and in 2023 it sought an emergency well citing outages and boil-water notices. Seville had lost supply twice before: in August 2014 its century-old single well could not meet demand and residents went on bottled water while the county drilled an emergency well, and in July 2017 residents reported about 20 hours a day without water. A new distribution system and tank were finished in May 2020, but supply failed again two years later.

   • Yettem-Seville Community Services District (via CEQAnet): Notice of exemption: Seville emergency supply well, Seville Well No. 3 (July 11, 2023)
   • SJV Water: Even emergency water suppliers are close to tapped out as more valley towns go dry (July 19, 2022)
2. July 2017Ran dry

   Residents report about 20 hours a day without water

   In July 2017 residents reported about 20 hours a day without water, three years after the emergency well; a new distribution system and tank were not finished until May 2020.

   • ABC30 Fresno: Three years after receiving new well, Tulare County town still suffering from water shortage (July 15, 2017)
   • Valley Voice: Seville hemorrhaging water leaks, waiting for new water system (August 3, 2017)
3. August 2014Ran dry

   The century-old single well cannot meet demand

   In August 2014 the century-old single well could not meet demand and residents went on bottled water while the county drilled an emergency well.

   • ABC30 Fresno: Three years after receiving new well, Tulare County town still suffering from water shortage (July 15, 2017)