Heat takes toll on groundwater system equipment

  • A groundwater system malfunctioned for a few days due to triple digit heat, baking equipment causing it to malfunction. File photo
    A groundwater system malfunctioned for a few days due to triple digit heat, baking equipment causing it to malfunction. File photo
When 90-year-old Peggy Griffith turned out her faucet on Aug. 28, nothing but sputtering air came out for quite a bit of time. "I've never had it that bad. It would just spit and sputter. Water would come through after (the air slowed down)," she told The Highlander . "I had air in the line for five days." The Greenwood Acres resident was not alone. Residents served by 3G Water Supply in her…

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