The water district is the life of small-town Twentynine Palms, California. According to District Secretary of Twentynine Palms’ Water District, Cindy Fowlkes, the town’s first water system was established in 1938. Fowlkes provided a history of the water district and conveyed that, in 1954, votes were made to develop combined public utilities. "This was the first government entity in town," says Fowlkes. The water district was established before the city was. Fowlkes stated that Twentynine Palms’ water district is one of the only water districts in the area that provides fluoride removal treatment and arsenic removal. "We have a unique water system that solely relies on … [Read more...] about A small town connected in a big way