Press Release - National Rural Water Association
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Alaska's Circuit Rider Braves Aftermath of Fire

Rural Water is always ready to provide clean, safe and affordable drinking water.  Thus, when disaster strikes, rural water is ready to lend a hand as a first responder.  

This commitment to quality water proved itself once again when Brandon LeBaron the  Circuit Rider for Alaska Rural Water Association went to the village of Hooper Bay to help restore water services. The village of Hooper Bay literally went up in smoke when a massive fire burned over 14 acres destroying a grocery store, 14 homes, teacher housing and a village school.

With charred debris everywhere, LeBaron’s goal was to help village leaders restore safe drinking water.  

Twenty families were made homeless by the fire.  The local school was utterly destroyed in this remote location on the West Coast of Alaska

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