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Imagine what your day would be like without water. First of all, you couldn’t brush your teeth, take a shower, or use the toilet. Forget about preparing instant oatmeal and your morning cup of coffee, although that may be a good - thing since you can’t use the bathroom. Dirty dishes, dirty clothes, dirty cars, and dirty bodies would have to stay that way. This is what life would be like for a few Sperryville residents if not for the help of their neighbors.

The Artesian Spring that provided household water to som of the residents along 211 and Main Street stopped working about five months ago after it apparently collapsed above the pipe that brought the water down to the village. This is not the first time there have been problems with the spring, but in the past the

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