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There is a crisis in the Washington Water System operation. All town residents are requested to conserve water and curtail any and all excess usage. Consumption has been up and the reservoir is becoming increasingly low. The shortage is greater now than it was in the dry summer period, according to Mayor Newbill Miller.
There is also suspected
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