40% of the employees. now we've got more than i can handle. >> reporter: with the backlog, many longtime farmers and valley residents like richard gaylord are desperate for water. >> if we move, we drop the house. it's not worth anything. no water, no value. >> reporter: they were lucky enough to drill now and welcome the water but say they are only pumping half of what they need. >> everyone is more or less in the same boat that we're in. we're trying to keep our crops alive and keep our people employed. >> reporter: critics worry with so many wells popping up right now, they may take too much water out of the ground too quickly so lawmakers are looking at regulations to regulate the well like the one behind me. immigrant children are