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Volunteers work to lower the roof of a platform that will be used to provide water from a community well located on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Volunteers work to lower the roof of a platform that will be used to provide water from a community well located on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

McCullough Hager, 12, carries one of the jugs of purified water that his father, Jessan Hager and sister, Jessa, 9, background, tapped from a community well located on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

McCullough Hager, 12, carries one of the jugs of purified water that his father, Jessan Hager and sister, Jessa, 9, background, tapped from a community well located on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Susanne, who only gave her first name, pushes a wagon filled with water from the community well located on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Susanne, who only gave her first name, pushes a wagon filled with water from the community well located on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

FILE - A view of damage in Asheville, N.C., is seen during an aerial tour with President Joe Biden who looked at areas impacted by Hurricane Helene near Asheville, N.C., Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - A view of damage in Asheville, N.C., is seen during an aerial tour with President Joe Biden who looked at areas impacted by Hurricane Helene near Asheville, N.C., Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Jeffrey Martyn, a plumber and electrician works on a pipe fitting that draws water from a community well located on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Jeffrey Martyn, a plumber and electrician works on a pipe fitting that draws water from a community well located on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Jeffrey Martyn, a plumber and electrician puts pipe into a freshly made ditch on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Jeffrey Martyn, a plumber and electrician puts pipe into a freshly made ditch on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

FILE - Tristan Trechsel, a volunteer with grassroots group BeLoved Asheville, flushes a toilet with water in a low-income independent living facility, with no running water on Oct. 8, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, File)

FILE - Tristan Trechsel, a volunteer with grassroots group BeLoved Asheville, flushes a toilet with water in a low-income independent living facility, with no running water on Oct. 8, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, File)

Neighborhood resident, Noah Bell, draws purified water from a community well located on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Neighborhood resident, Noah Bell, draws purified water from a community well located on an urban farm that belongs to Bountiful Cities, a nonprofit organization, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Volunteers, Ben Gordon, left, and Anthony Rubino work on digging a ditch for pipes to offer both nonpotable and potable water for the community, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Volunteers, Ben Gordon, left, and Anthony Rubino work on digging a ditch for pipes to offer both nonpotable and potable water for the community, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Volunteer, Anthony Rubino digs a ditch for pipes to connect water from a community well that will more easily provide the neighborhood with water, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Volunteer, Anthony Rubino digs a ditch for pipes to connect water from a community well that will more easily provide the neighborhood with water, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)