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that several nruyor leaks in the line had been located and repaired and that the situation is now stable.

“We were sure putting out some water,” remarked councilman Taylor Updike.

“We sure were,” the mayor agreed. Pumps at the town reservoir will only push 40 gallons per minute into the system and when demand exceeds that figure, pressure in the lines drops, he noted.

Usage was up to 50,000 gallons per day, councilman Brad Fisher said. “The town normally uses less than 10,000 gallons per day.”

At the same time that he expressed certainty about the adequacy of Washington’s supply, Miller repeated a request for users to conserve water. “If we had a surface reservoir, I wouldn’t be concerned. We could see how much we have. But it’s subterranean so we don’t know for sure how much is

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