No one is aware of how much liquid is beneath Terlingua’s plain. Residents are concerned that as developers and local authorities praise the tourism boom, their wells may run dry. From the history:
The pickup truck that was traversing a labyrinth of cliche roads was followed by a jet of dust. Both the customer and the drivers were well-versed in the route. For four decades, Rick and Georganne Bradbury, husband and wife, have navigated it half a month to give thousands of gallons of water to one of their favorite users, a manager of an art museum with three children.
Coffee in hand, that customer, Shannon Montague, approached the water haulers from the entrance of her single-wide trailer home to greet them.
Rick pulled out a 40-foot hose, hooking one end to a gasoline-powered pump while Georganne dangled the other, a custom-made spout, inside Montague’s water tank. The 750-gallon tank was replenished by the engine, which sputtered with life-giving water.
” What would we do without you”? Montague said.
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