Pinewood Springs resident Doug Mann’s faucet sputtered to life late Tuesday afternoon, two days after he and other residents in the small mountain community north of Lyons lost water.

A temporary water line, in place amid ongoing construction of a new line, had frozen, affecting 19 homes in the area. Mann, who lives on Button Rock Road, had been without running water since Sunday.

Mann bought bottled water and a membership at a recreation center in Estes Park so he could take showers. Neighbors have been offering to help in a community Facebook group, Mann said.

“Everyone is just trying their best to get by hoping this will resolve,” he said Tuesday afternoon before his water came back on.

“Obviously the water situation is intolerable for the folks over on Button Rock, Cheyenne and Buc

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