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NEWS BRIEFS: Residents Warned To Boil Water For Consumption
Report: Boil Your Water: Kelly Brummett reports that "all Dorchester residents need to vigorously boil all drinking and cooking water until further notice, or use an alternate source." She notes "there are contaminants in the water." This warning "is posted on the marque and there is a notice posted in the post office." Call the Village Office for more information at (402) 946-3201.
- Ducks Unlimited Banquet Next Week: On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Saline County Ducks Unlimited will hold its annual banquet at 6 p.m., at the Saline County Fairgrounds, Ag Hall, in Crete. Contact: Robert, (402) 826-9052 or kf51110@alltel.net.
- Importance Of Small Town Grocery Stores: DHS alumnus Mike Feeken sent us an story from the Boomtown Institute on the importance of hometown grocery stores. "Rural grocery stores are small businesses, providing jobs and generating tax revenue that support the community. Without a local store, the payroll and tax revenue that our food purchases generate go elsewhere. ... Similar to a school, post office, restaurant and churches, a grocery store makes a community a more attractive place to live. Grocery stores can also be social places where you run into neighbors in the produce aisle, introduce yourself to someone new in town, or catch up on local news with the cashier. Without a local grocery store, residents miss out on these benefits." The story notes several models used by communities around the nation to keep their local grocery store. See the story by clicking here.
The paper posted at the grocery store didn't say that the water "needed" to be boiled. It was "recomended" to be boiled
ReplyDeleteYou are just now posting this on here when this happened last week. Yeah the kids were sent home one day telling their parents, don't drink the water. If I didn't have kids in school or go down town to see the marque, how was I suppose to know about this problem. I do not drive through town very often. I think this town needs to inform its residents much better, because I may have come home that day and drank the water or cooked with it, thank goodness I didn't. The city lady says well how do you suppose we inform you. Well let me tell you, you knew you were gonna be working on the water, so a day or two before you could have sent letters out in the mail. Very poor planning, just hope no one will get sick from not knowing. If so, sue them. lmao
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I was wondering what happened to the blinds for the old 'Sehnert Garage' building? I remember back when one of the Sehnert sons was in town visiting and offered to buy blinds and hang them, but the owner refused, saying he was going to do that himself. Well it's been at least a year and a half since. I don't walk in town often, but walked bye the other night and while seeing the old cars was nice, seeing the rest of the mess wasn't eye appealing. The town needs everyone working together to make a difference. Tyser, the Village, and the Fire department have all updated the fronts of their buildings and improved the downtown. Lets keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteTime for the town board/office to get a website. NPPD economic development does websites for free.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the second posting... we don't go downtown everyday either and if we didn't happen to get on here to end up seeing it we would be useing the water as normal. What is wxactly going on with the water and how long do they think we will need to boil it ?!?!?! They need to shoot out postcards or some way of alerting the residents of these issues !!!!! I am thankful to the Times for reporting this story !!!! Keep up the great work, with out you all we would be in the dark on SO many issues !!!!!!!!! ~Grateful
ReplyDeleteI agree, this little town needs to communicate with their people a lot better. I see the roads finally got smoothed out. thought I was going to lose the whole bottowm of my car driving around doing errands last week. which the village could have printed off the flyers and delivered to the people who live in Dorchester, I doubt whoever is working for the village were that busy to not of helped. so how long is it going to take Dorchester to get this water cleaned up? i believe it took what 2-3 years to clean up the uranium last time? poor planning on the village staff shouldn't constitue emergencies on the people who pay their bills on time for which the village can run smoothly!!
ReplyDeleteNotices should have been mailed to all people using the water in Dorchester. How lazy can someone be? I too hope that if I or my family or anyone gets sick that they sue as wellllll.
ReplyDeleteFix the well problem already. How many years do we have to wait? How do we attract new businesses and families when we don't take care of what we have or try to improve the things that we do have?
I agree with the person above that the dorchester times is a blessing. I wish you guys would still do articles like you used to.
ReplyDeleteanother city employee bashing.....
ReplyDeletehas been going on since this blog started.
and........whats with critizing individual people. Get off their backs.
i know this wont get printed......doesnt agree with the blog editors.
Ok, I am glad people agree with me about this water situation. I know this is not the times fault, but this story was posted on here on Monday the 26th, and the kdis came home on the 22nd or 23rd and said we can't drink the water. I am so mad at the city for our water situation, why can't we have good water. They are lazy at the city office. Potholes don't get fixed properly, etc.
ReplyDeleteI thought at one time someone said Dorchester only had enough water left to last till 2010. Does anyone know if this is true? Also why cant the town build a modern water treatment plant like other towns its size.
ReplyDeletePlease realize that only 2% of water is actually used for drinking water the rest is used for watering lawns washing clothes and showering, It would cost a mint to make sure it is all perfectly clean thats why people use filters at home.
ReplyDeleteI think that Dorchester should do what crete does and charge per gallon. This way the people that water there lawns for days would be would be paying for it. Either that or make them use a gray water system to reuse there water to water the lawn.
ReplyDeleteTo everyone complaining about people being lazy at the city office.Get off your a$$ and your computer and do something about it.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness I have filtered water, but so if a family can't afford filtered water, they are drinking dirty water. That is just gross and wrong. Some of the stuff I have seen come out of my regular faucet is horrifying.
ReplyDeleteI thought that you need to boil your water even if you have a filter. The filter does not take out bacteria. Maybe you have some special filter that gets everything, but ours doesn't. Buy the way, does anyone know exactly what type of bacteria is in the water???
ReplyDeleteThere is funding for water system improvements, however: State and Federal sources will require the use of individual water meters for each household. (Much like every community in the 21st century already uses.)
ReplyDeleteok, for one, i know i wasn't blaming the "times people" for the water situation. for two, i thought this blog was for the towns people "sounding off". and for three, what are the towns people supposed to do about the water situation? I thought I was doing my part by paying my bill! I didn't know I had to go down there myself and regulate. I mean really, I am off my duff everyday, I hope you aren't talking about the towns people. I am sick of this dirty crap they call water. it is SICK. get it together dorchester! it's 2009
ReplyDeleteTo Phil, you are correct every town should be charging per gallon. At this moment there are cities/Villages that are being challenged in court about charging minumums and flat fees. The problem w/ a town the size of Dorchester is I am assuming they don't have the money to put meters in every home.
ReplyDeleteisnt our water tested each month.
ReplyDeletesamples are sent to be tested and i believe that the must be coming back ok.
Bacteria in water- can only be removed in home by Ultra Violet light systems. VERY EXPENSIVE!!
ReplyDeleteI will say that it seems a little ridiculous to be paying the same amount for our water even though it is "recommended" that we do not drink it. My family drinks a lot of water and now not only do I have to pay the same for my water, but I also have to buy bottled water. This can be rather expensive when you drink a lot of water in your family.
ReplyDeleteThanks should be given to Ed and Marvin for keeping up this old town.
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