SHADY COVE, Ore. – Residents in Shady Cove are without water for the third straight day.
Since Monday morning, residents have had no running water, affecting their everyday routine.
In a recorded phone message sent to Shady Cove residents today by Hiland Water, a temporary pump was installed, but it has not produced the amount of water the company hoped it would. The phone message from Hiland goes on to say crews will be installing a larger temporary water pump.
The message said to conserve water, but without water, there isn’t much residents can do.
Shady Cove resident Judie Salter said, “conserve water? And I’m like ‘you can’t conserve what you don’t have.’ I went to the river this morning at 6:30 to get water, with buckets, filled buckets. It’s like ‘oh my god how old am I?’ Walking up these hills with these buckets and the water sloshed all over the back of my vehicle. And I was the third person there.”
Residents can visit the Jackson County Fire District 4 station to get drinking and non-potable water.
NBC5 News reached out to the Hiland Water company but have yet to hear back.
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