CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Wells at several homes in Northwest Cape Coral have run dry, forcing homeowners to pay thousands of dollars to dig deeper.
“We woke up and there was no water,” said Debbie Casey, who lives along NW 14th Terrace.
Casey said that’s what happened when she turned on her faucet one morning. She discovered the well in her backyard had dried up.
Now several of her neighbors are in the same dilemma.
With all of the new builds on the block, Casey said she isn’t surprised the problem has become so widespread.
“I think it’s great other people are building their houses, but now it’s starting to cost me because of it,” said Casey.
It cost Casey and her husband $3,500 to dig just 20 feet deeper from 100 feet to 120 feet. This is after they just replaced their roof after Hurricane Ian.
The City of Cape Coral said the long-term solution is to get everyone connected to city water through the Utilities Extension Projects. Work in Northeast Cape will begin this year.
“We desperately need to get our central drinking water system out to those folks, which we are doing on a very aggressive timeline,” said Jeff Pearson, Cape Coral’s Utilities Director.
In the meantime, Casey hopes the recent work on her well is enough to keep the faucets flowing.
“You can only drain people for so long before there won’t be a Cape Coral,” she said.
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