Water restrictions have been lifted in Northern Arizona town of William. Water shortages have plagued the little community for more than a year.

Now, people can wash their cars and water their gardens again – things that were banned after the failure of a local well and years of minimal snowpack.

Mayor John Moore said recent rain and snow has helped, but the real turning point came this week when the disabled well got a new pump.

Still, Moore urges residents to conserve water where they can. He likes to say that Williams doesn’t actually have a water problem. It has a money problem, he said, because it’s unable to construct all the wells it needs.

Moore estimates that the town’s current well project could cost as much as $2 million.