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Boil Water Notice Issued For Part Of Century After Truck Breaks Fire Hydrant
June 7, 2021
The Town of Century has issued a precautionary boil water notice after a truck broke a fire hydrant at the Food Giant Friday night. Crews worked throughout the night making repairs and flushing the water lines.
The notice is in effect for Backwoods Road, Shady Lane, Stateline Road, Bass Road, Benauer Road and Green Street.
Residents are advised to boil water for one minute at a rolling boil or to use 8 drops of regular unscented household bleach per gallon of water, for water to be used for drinking or cooking purposes.
The precautionary boil water notice will be rescinded once bacteriological sampling has been performed and clearance obtained.
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4 Responses to “Boil Water Notice Issued For Part Of Century After Truck Breaks Fire Hydrant”
i try to stay on the towns back when they go off the rails. in this case the towns actions were great. keep it up!
The employees and particularly Joe Brown deserve a shout out and a thank you. There were on it immediately and worked through the night to get the water back on.
Thank You.
Running water is a great modern convenience. I’m glad we had some in jugs to wash dishes and for minor clean up. It was a reminder to catch some more water up for hurricane season.
I saw this happen the truck was trying to pull in the back way where the house used to be beside food giant and he hit the water main with his trailor trying to turn and he tore off part of his side apron on the trailor where he hit the main… and he almost hit a telephone pole at that!! it was a black male maybe in his early 20’s and he was wearing shorts and boots he told us his steering wheel jammed and he couldn’t do anything but panic..
REGARDING:
“or to use 8 drops of regular unscented household bleach per gallon of water”
PLEASE note that the higher concentrations which would kill COVID-19 would also kill people.
David for better public safety