BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- All the rain we've seen over the last few weeks has been beneficial to the state's water supplies, but the wet weather is bad news for something you most likely use every day.

It certainly can be a bumpy ride to work or play in Bakersfield these days, but that's what happens when the water hits the road.

It's the reality of wet weather and regular wear and tear. Ther'es no avoiding them, as even this year's Daytona 500 was marred by one. For Bakersfield city crews, they're dealing with dozens of potholes every day.

"When we deal with rain like this, we get quite a few," said Michael Connor, Assistant Street Superintendent. "We deal probably on average right now, probably 20 to 30 calls a day. Water is the worst enemy for asphalt in the first place, so you get the rain coming in and pretty soon it gets into the cracks and starts wearing on it and the potholes develop."

If you drive the major thoroughfares, like H Street and Truxtun Avenue you'll find a few bumps in the road, but it's smooth sailing on Oak Street, Union Ave, Brundage Lane and Chester Avenue and the reason why.

"Because that's where your higher volume of traffic is and higher speeds are," Connor said. "So, those are the first one that we jump on and then from there we go to the collectors, and then from there we go to the residential and then allies."

The city's six patch trucks are keeping busy on residential streets, as crews fill potholes like they did at K and 12th Streets on Wednesday afternoon. But even with the work complete, there's a chance they'll have to return very soon.

"We can go out and patch a hole one day and two days later you've got to be back out there," Connor said. "And we've had them where the next day you've got to be back out they're popping out next to where you patched."

Recently paved streets seem to fair better, obviously, since the asphalt is newer.

If you'd like to call the Street Division of Public Works to add to that 20 to 30 call volume, you can reach them at 32-ROADS, which is the pothole report line.