Photos: Lompico Water District merger

Water district employee Ricardo Villa, an employee of the water district, locks up the gate after checking a leaky redwood water tank.

A chalkboard inside the district office shows the paltry rainfall totals of last winter.

Sean Wharton is an active member of the community and has been vocal about water issues.

Ward Willats was the former head of the Olympia Water District, which was absorbed into the larger San Lorenzo District.

Boulder Creek is reflected in a window along the town’s main street.

Aidan Robinson sits in the office before heading out to do his daily run of checking water tanks.

A pipeline has been constructed to get water to the parched mountain community.

Ricardo Villa checks the meters that monitor water levels in tanks that serve Lompico.