Hundreds Almost Lose Water Service

June 24, 2012

Hundreds of local families and a handful of businesses came within a few hours of losing their water service Saturday.

Central Water Works reported Saturday afternoon that their well on Killam Road had completely failed and was undergoing emergency maintenance.  Officials feared that water stored in an elevated tank at the Killam Road well would be depleted prior to the completion of the repair — leaving about 500 customers without water.

But the well was reported to be repaired by about 5 p.m., with the elevated storage tank still about one-quarter full.

Central Water Works has a second well and elevated storage tank in McDavid, but due to elevation water from that well can’t flow past about the water company office on Byrneville Road.

The Killam Road well serves Central Water Works customers in Byrneville, Poplar Dell and north into Alabama including portions of Old Atmore Road and Clearview Road, and customers on Highway 4 from Byrneville to about Williams Road in Century.

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2 Responses to “Hundreds Almost Lose Water Service”

  1. well on June 24th, 2012 7:42 pm

    Always had water before there was a well on killiam rd. Did they forget how they used to get it out here?

  2. easy on June 24th, 2012 8:53 am

    Good job woody and billy… glad y’all doing something.

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