SIOUX CITY’S WATER SUPPLY IS BACK TO NORMAL AND SAFE TO DRINK FOLLOWING MONDAY AFTERNOON’S BOIL ORDER.
WATER PLANT SUPERINTENDENT BRAD PUETZ SAYS THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN A VALVE FAILED AT THEIR MAIN PROCESSING PLANT:
OC……..ANY FURTHER ISSUES. ;12
PUETZ SAYS HIS STAFF DEALT WITH PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY DISCOVERED THE VALVE FAILURE MONDAY MORNING.
THEY REPORTED IT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WHO LATER MANDATED THAT A BOIL WARNING BE ISSUED:
OC………A BOIL WARNING. ;25
PUETZ SAYS HIS STAFF BELIEVED THERE WOULD BE NO MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE WATER SUPPLY, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY COMES FIRST;
OC…RIGHT THING TO DO. ;12
RESIDENTS WERE ADVISED TO RUN THEIR FAUCETS FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER THE BOIL ORDER EXPIRED TUESDAY MORNING AS AN ADDITIONAL PRECAUTION.
