ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A Candler man and his three children will soon have running water again after a group of national nonprofits and corporate volunteers stepped in to drill a new well, replacing one destroyed by a landslide during Tropical Storm Helene.

Michael Warren lost access to water when a mudslide collapsed the shared well that served his home.

“Everybody deserves access to clean water,” Water Well Trust’s Elizabeth McClain said.

Warren had been getting water from his brother’s home. But his brother passed during the storm and the home is being sold.

“So that will no longer be a source of water for him,” McClain said.

“I’d exhausted all my other resources,” said Warren, who works overnight as a behavioral health technician.

Michael Warren and his children Joseph, Jessica and Joy lost access to water when a mudslide during Hurricane Helene collapsed their well.

That’s when Warren found the Water Well Trust, a nonprofit that helps rural Americans access clean water through funding for new wells and septic systems. The organization connected him with Hometown H2O, a program supported by the Chris Long Foundation and Xylem Watermark, the corporate social responsibility program of water technology company Xylem.

“They’ve been a godsend,” Warren said. “Talking to Elizabeth [McClain] has given me real hope. They’re doing the Lord’s work.

“After the divorce, I had to take a lower-paying job to be there for my kids, and the mortgage carrier couldn’t help me. FEMA wasn’t much help either.”

A drilling crew was at Warren’s home in Candler to drill the 400-foot well Tuesday. They hoped to have it in place by the end of the day, McClain said.

Xylem Watermark, Hometown H2O and Water Well Trust put in a well for a Candler family on Tuesday.

The Water Well Trust focuses on helping low-income families in rural, unincorporated areas who lack access to public water systems. The organization may provide assistance as a 1 percent loan or even as a grant, depending on eligibility.

“Everybody deserves water,” said Alex Rodriguez, production planning manager with Xylem. “That’s why we’re here.”

Rodriguez said Xylem employees from across the Southeast volunteered for the Candler project.

“We want to provide clean water and proper wastewater systems for as many people as possible,” McClain added.