Water progress on the ridge 18 months after the Camp Fire

A year and a half after the Camp Fire, most people living on the ridge now have access to clean water in Paradise and Magalia.

A year and a half after the camp fire -- most people living on the ridge now have access to clean water!

Action news now's christina vitale is live in paradise with the latest progress on rebuilding this critical infrastructure.

Pid tells me it sent 1800 letters to property owners saying they now have clean drinkable water.

Friday marks 18 months since the deadly camp fire and the town is still working on rebuilding its infrastructure.

Geralynne rader lives in paradise: the initial cleanup from the fire was really quick and i think it all caught us by storm survivor geralynne rader lost her home.

She now rents a room at a house in paradiseãbut every day she comes back to spend time on her property.

Geralynne: i wanna look back there and i wanna see the irisis and the flag and the trees even though they're burnt up i wanna see the good not the bad a crucial part of living back on the ridge was having clean and drinkable water.

Rader tells action news now it took a year to get water to the house where she's living now.

Geralynne: she recently did receive a notice that the water was cleared but it took a long time.

Nats standup: pid tells me all but 8 standing structures have been tested in the town.

Ladrini: for one reason or another maybe we don't have water on a main or a specific reason that's been challenging.

Pid field superintendent jim ladrini me over the phone-- crews are still replacing service laterals at burnt lots.

Ladrini: that are being rebuilt that new home require a certificate of occupancy or final inspections he says crews cleared 96 percent of the water mains.

Ladrini: meaning that we are delivering potable water in those mains the water quality is high and good in those particular mains.

Ladrini: we anticipate through this summer that we could be nearing 98 99 percent of our system existing system back up and running either through sampling and clearing or repair nats michael graziano from paradise: its good that theyre still working and still out there fixing the pipes and getting everything in order that's a good thing.

Ladrini: the people that are doing what they're doing day in and day out in paradise is just a testament to greatness i spoke with the del oro water company in magalia on their progress since the camp fire..

And i'll have that coming up at 6.

Live in paradise christina vitale action news now coverage you can count on.

Ladrini says crews installed about 1500 back flow meters for people to use water under the water quality advisory.

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