My dad's little development in the middle of the West Texas near-desert (well north of the Rio Grande Valley, close to Oklahoma), right by a reservoir that they

My dad's little development in the middle of the West Texas near-desert (well north of the Rio Grande Valley, close to Oklahoma), right by a reservoir that they do not have water rights on (City of Lubbock, about 80 miles away, has that locked up), is served by a little water co-op that draws ground water. This summer, the water has been shut off for several hours or even days at a time until the co-op can truck some in because the pressure fell too low. Fortunately (?), my dad always has a lot of bottled water around because even the State of Texas won't claim that ground water is safe. I have no idea why anyone not involved in the oil industry lives west of Abilene anymore.