The water situation is not something that just happened. It is something that has been in the picture for a long time, but nothing has been done to meet it head on.

John Ruggles, a member of the Pinehurst Well Head Protection Committee, said we should be drilling more wells on an annual basis until we are ahead of the drought. In the eight years he has been here, they have drilled one well. We allow unlimited new construction to go on. I feel the people here at this time should be the first priority of the Pinehurst community.