Residents of the English Acres community in Jim Wells County have been waiting for years for clean drinking water, but relief may finally be on the way.

The county recently received a $914,000 grant from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to improve the water system for English Acres. The funds will cover water distribution lines, water meters, and sealing the existing water well.

Amanda Vidal has lived in the English Acres community since 1999 to be closer to family, but accessing clean water has been a constant struggle.

"Since I've been here, I've been through, with this ugly water that comes out," Vidal said. "Water is the main thing in our lives. It's like the oxygen. Water and oxygen - as long as we have that and I don't have only papas and frijoles to eat. That's fine. But w

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