IDAHO CITY, Idaho — It's a tale of how a neighborhood comes together in the face of adversity.

After an overnight storm shut down the city's water supply, the residents of Idaho City are working overtime to clean out the region's overwhelmed filtration system.

"We had a lot of lightning, we had a lot of rain," said Dave Martin, a volunteer with the Idaho City Fire Protection District.

According to Martin, about 90 percent of their water comes from Elk Creek. "Our source water stream suffered some landslides up above, and it was very silted," added Martin. "Then, about four in the morning, all this came rushing down the creek and loaded up our water department's sand base."

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