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HE KEEPS WATER FLOWING
Ditch tender gets precious water to farms
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Ditch tender Jason Wirstlin works a gate. - photo by JASON CAMPBELL/The Bulletin
There are busy seasons. And then there’s what Jason Wirstlin has to deal with. For 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, Wirstlin sets up shop behind the wheel of his Chevy pickup truck and motors his way through the almond orchards and the grape vineyards of the South County.