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Outline of Need:
Mr. and Mrs. Margarito A. Martinez contacted Rural Development to apply for assistance to drill a new well. Their house well went dry around the first part of June 2002.
How Rural Development Helped:
The Martinez family has lived in their home for twenty-five years in San Antonio, a very small rural community approximately ten miles southwest of Antonito, Colorado.
The spring and summer of 2002 has been plagued with the worst drought in the state of Colorado in thirty years. Many domestic wells have dried up. Rural Development was able to acquire loan and grant funding through our Section 502 and 504 Repair Programs to help with domestic well replacement.
The Results:
Mr. Martinez, age 69, and his wife, age 66, rely on Social Security benefits to live. Mr. Martinez is in poor health and has been on oxygen for several years and therefore qualified for a grant. His health was beginning to deteriorate more so than usual with the daily/weekly chore of hauling water to their home. Additionally, with the harsh Colorado winter approaching both Mr. Martinez and his wife worried how they could make it through without having water in their home.
Utilizing this grant funding designated as disaster funds, the Martinez family has had a new well drilled and they no longer have to haul water to their home. Mr. and Mrs. Martinez have expressed their extreme gratitude for the assistance they were provided from Rural Development.
(November 2002)
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