(KSLA) — For a lot of within the ArkLaTex, water stress is a significant drawback proper now.

For some residents, they don’t have any water and haven’t had it since temperatures plummeted all through the realm final week.

“Can’t wash dishes, can’t flush bogs,” one pissed off Sabine Parish resident stated. “We’re form of in a state of affairs with no water in any respect. The city simply tells us to be affected person. Simply hope it will get again on quickly.”

Freezing climate is not any pal to the South. Throughout the latest winter storm, communities felt stranded plagued with water points.

“When it snowed a 12 months in the past, we have been out of water for 3 weeks,” the Sabine resident recalled.

Natalie Bowman is a single mom who agrees with the Sabine resident.

“We stay in a Highland house and I prepare dinner so much.”

They each suppose historical past shouldn’t repeat itself.

“We’re within the South and we’re not accustomed to extraordinarily freezing temperatures,” Bowman stated. “I believe that is undoubtedly the second or third 12 months that this has been an issue.”

“I really feel like they might do some preventative upkeep, possibly construct a pump home, insulate some pipes and do one thing to forestall this from taking place sooner or later,” the Sabine resident stated.

For Shreveport residents like Bowman and Trey Moore, the water woes took a toll on their vacation plans.

“I had plans to prepare dinner for my household and have household keep, however we are able to’t do any of that between the freezing temperatures and no water,” Bowman stated.

“My spouse has some AirBnBs within the space and so they had some pipes burst,” Moore stated. “So we spent Christmas Eve using round on the lookout for components, and we spent Christmas Day making repairs.”

Moore, who’s a sewage contractor, is aware of the burden of the problem isn’t so obvious.

“It’s not that we’re any worse than any of the opposite cities,” he stated. “It’s simply that it’s a large drawback. And till you actually drill down into it, you’re probably not gonna understand how huge the issue is.”

And with the huge weight of the issue, Moore stated, Shreveport actually simply doesn’t have the means to care for it.

“It’s undoubtedly one thing that must be labored on. It will get right down to cash and we simply don’t have the cash.”

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