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LVW&SD Broken Water Main and the Customers Get Boil Water Notices Six Hours Later

On the morning, before 9 a.m., of Saturday August 4, 2007 Lanark Village Water & Sewer District customers began to report low pressure and no water in their pipes. About 2:30 in the afternoon we called LVW&SD and found out a water main had broken and boil water notices would soon be put out.

Sadly this is not the first this has happened. This is not the field workers fault, as they have very little to work with and lack full time professional guidance. There is a possibility that the broken pipe is asbestos since this part of the village had the water pipes put in during World War II.

Audience Questions:

What are the contingency plans when LVW&SD can not provide customers safe drinking water and sewage is not removed from homes?

What can be done to ensure these field workers are not exposed to hazardous materials and environmental dangers such as water snakes?

In a situation like this, should there be a means of asking for help from a neighboring district with both the necessary equipment and knowledge to solve these types of problems?

How long can a sixty year old system be patched back together by nickel and dime solutions?

How many pumps and other tools could have been purchased using the money LVW&SD spent on Commissioner Rohrs s' health insurance and her husband's dental insurance?

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