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Boil Water Advisory still in effect - lift could happen later today

What we wondered about the high number of waterline breaks this week

By Ed Waggener

The CAUD Boil Water Advisory issued: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, is still in effect this morning, but Columbia Adair Utilities District (CAUD) expects it to be lifted sometime today, when test results are received.

At last night's CAUD meeting General Manager Lenny Stone said that the high number of water main breaks, including the one requiring the current Boil Water Advisory, in the old Columbia Utilities District water lines territory, resulted from in a mishap near the bypass/Campellsville Road intersection. A five year old valve had failed and, as CAUD was replacing, Mr. Stone was injured and was taken from the repair scene to the hospital. (He was wearing a finger cast as a momento last night). During that time, the crew installing the line opened too much pressure and "The result," Mr. Stone said, "was that we blew every weak line in town."

In all, failures occurred in rapid succession in five points. "The good news," he said, "is that we've now found the worst situations and corrected them."




This story was posted on 2013-09-13 05:52:16
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