SCHREIBER – Crews swiftly brought the water treatment plant back online after a lightning storm last Wednesday caused the plant to go offline.
Mayor Kevin Mullins explained to CNFO that the quality of water was “never in jeopardy” as the town had clean water from reverses tanks.
The decision to issue a conserved water advisory was made due to the length of time it took to sort out the issue and get the plant running again.
“The scary part was it was taking some time to find all the issues at the plant and the water supply was going down. So that's why we have asked our residents to conserve water,” said Mullins.
Mullins stated that once the plant was back online, they were refilling the tanks slowly to capture any new issues that could arise.
As of Monday, the tanks were at 82 per cent full, according to Mullins, who added he expects the advisory to soon be lifted.
“I want to thank all the residents. We can see the less water that people are using and it surely helped,” said Mullins.
With files from Al Cresswell, CFNO