A water shortage has high school students staying home to avoid draining a small West Virginia town’s water system. Valley High School spent two days on remote learning to prevent a crippling load on Pine Grove’s water system amid relentless drought conditions in Wetzel County. Other customers are being told to conserve water.The creek that provides water to hundreds of people has now dropped below the intake that normally bring it into the treatment plant. “We use surface water so our supply has dried up. We have a little bit, but we have to conserve it,” Pine Grove recorder Sandi Herst told Eyewitness News. “We just got a tanker. It’s only 7,000 gallons. It won’t last very long