• Story alerts   • Letter to Editor   • Pin it  — Despite the
fact that we live in an area that receives very little rainfall,
most of us never worry about water. We may not know where the
droplets issuing from the shower first fell as rain, but we know
they'll be there when we want them. Those San Diego County
residents who live in areas where piped-in water is not
available don't have that comfort. They dig wells until they
find water, install pumps, and hope it doesn't run dry.  That's
what the residents of Old Barona Road (off Wildcat Canyon Road,
just south of the Barona Indian Reservation) in Lakeside have
been doing for years, and, for the most part, they've had enough
water to live comfortable lives. "We've been able to water a
lawn and keep a swimming pool full," says Susan Hillson, whose
deck -- which we're sitting on -- overlooks the Barona Indian
Reservation to the north and San Vicente Reservoir to the west.
"Steve, here," she points to her neighbor Steve Holloway, "has a
pool too."  But their da