Boil order issued for Blanchard water

[sbl_admin]

The town of Blanchard was placed under a water boil order this evening.

[LateNight]

some more of that KTBS article:

The town of Blanchard was placed under a water boil order this evening.

Town officials said they are experiencing purity problems with their water supply system. The boil order will remain in effect until it's lifted by the state health department.

Town officials did not immediately release the reasons for the boil order, except to say that there were concerns about "microbiological quality."

that's just freakin' great. That's all I need.
I don't drink Blanchard water as it is anyway, seems every 3 months or so, we get a letter that says "oh the water you've been drinking for the last few months had too much of this or that in it. blah blah blah" so I've been a Music Mountain water customer for a long time now. I just use blanchard water for my ice, and to give my dog.. but I can't even do that now.. FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD !!!!!

[Shrevenator]

Hey I live in Blanchard and there ain't nothing wrong with the water. I've been drinking it until I just read this story. I feel fine. There ain't nthg wrronbg wit...... wit, with da da wa... help me! please help me! ..............jfqpouiyerliy

[LateNight]

Originally Posted by Shrevenator

Hey I live in Blanchard and there ain't nothing wrong with the water. I've been drinking it until I just read this story. I feel fine. There ain't nthg wrronbg wit...... wit, with da da wa... help me! please help me! ..............jfqpouiyerliy

HAHA very funny.. Boil order or not, I don't drink Blanchard water.. well I say that, but I do use the ice ... but no, I'd never just straight up drink Blanchard water.

Anyway there's been an update to the water issue:
Blanchard water boil order COULD be lifted tomorrow

Residents of Blanchard may be able to stop boiling their drinking water tomorrow.

The town was put under a boil water order Tuesday afternoon when water turbidity levels got too high, said Blanchard Utilities Superintendent Robert McEachern.

“We’re working to get this under control,” McEachern said. “We were shooting for today but hopefully we’ll get this back down by tomorrow.”

[LateNight]

The Blanchard boil order continues, going on the 4th day.
They say the problem is "fixed" but the bad water still exist in the water supply.

News reports were saying they had hoped to have the boil order lifted on Thursday, but that was no go.

I called Blanchard Utilities late last night, and was told it could still be a few more days of this #$@#$.

What ticks me off so much about this, is the general unacceptable quality of the Blanchard water in the first place. I pay a small fortune to have Music Mountain water delivered to my home for drinking purposes anyway.

In Blanchard, if you are a day or two late in paying your water bill, they CUT YOU OFF. I wonder if I'll get some kind of freakin' discount on my upcoming water bill.. I doubt it.. but damn. You'd think in this day and age you should be able to drink the damn water in an American town. But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

The latest update I could find:
Blanchard boil order continues; mayor says problem fixed

Blanchard officials say the water-boil order put into effect Tuesday afternoon will continue until contaminated water is out of the water system.

"We got the problem fixed," said Blanchard Mayor Johnny Digilormo. "The contaminated water has to go through the system and be filtered out so the new water can go through."

Digilormo says officials at the Blanchard water plant worked to unplug a chemical pipe that allowed untreated water to mix with treated water that went to residents' homes Tuesday and Wednesday.

"Everything is fine now but we are waiting to lift up the boil order," the mayor said.

well TGIF anyways.

[Isaac-Saxxon]

It is global warming causing the problem. We should write President Bush and ask him why he did this to us. It has to be his fault
Isaac