arrangement until permanent

arrangement until permanent pipe is laid, hose supplied by, the Washington Volunteer Fire Department will be connected from the new well pump to a town hydrant approximately 2,500 feet away. A temporary chlorinator will be put in the line at the well house to allow water to be pumped directly from the well into the town system.

If the pump arrives with all its necessary parts and if the wall of the well house and electrical work is finished on schedule, water from the new well should start flowing from faucets by Thursday, according to Miller. "But if just one piece of the pump is missing, it will take us another two days to get a replacement part,” the mayor cautioned.

In the meantime, water will continue to be delivered i to the reservoir by tanker.

Since a warning to con- I serve water was printed in the Rappahannock News two weeks ago, low flow from the | old well coupled with heightened demand made it necessary to pump directly from the well to the town, bypassing the reservoir, Miller said. With this arrangement, it was impossible to keep tabs on how much water was available or to notify town residents that the supply was close to exhausted on Friday, he explained. According to Miller, water works supervisor Charlie Jenkins checked the pump every morning and evening. “It was doing fairly well on Friday morning and then he called me at noon to say we were out of water,” Miller said. Sometime during that interval, the well went dry after the 5,000 to 6,000 gallon reserve was depleted, he said. “How can you give people any warning when you can’t see into the ground?” Miller asked.

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