Local schools will start digging their own well water systems in order to bring school services back online.
“We can’t wait until the [municipal water system] is fully repaired to open our schools,” Asheville City Schools Superintendent Maggie Fehrman said at Buncombe County’s daily briefing.
No timeline has been announced for when Asheville’s city water service will be up and running across all communities.
Asheville city school leaders say classrooms may be able to bring children back starting by early November – but that the timeline is tentative for now.
For more details on the school system’s response, read the full story here.
Machinery used to create a well water system at Haw Fletcher Elementary School. (Laura Hackett/BPR News)