Village Trustee Bob Pear has been Woodstock’s go-to person for information from Woodstock Aqueduct, the private company that supplies and takes care of our drinking water. He has been in touch with Eric Wegner who has been “on-the-ground” and “in-the-field” since Tropical Storm Irene caused flooding to our area and breaks in our water lines. This is our first report in ten days about the quality of drinking water that has been restored to taps:
Good news to put peoples’ minds at ease. Eric Wegner just called me to let me know that the test results are back from the lab from yesterdays samples and all locations tested negative for coliform bacteria. The four sampling locations were Gillingham’s, Probate Court House, (Sheriff’s Office at East End), Woodstock Elementary School and Woodstock High School.
The boil order is still in effect by the State because the firehose is not an approved method of transmission, but Eric is working with the State to get that lifted, primarily to help the restaurants and inns/ motels get back to normal as it has been very difficult for them to boil the larger quantities of water they require.
So there is no doubt that the water is safe to do the laundry and take your showers, but still boil before drinking and still conserve!
Conservation is still important to ensure we have the resources if we have a fire or if the system has to be shut down during the upcoming repair stages.
Early Bird adds: Ruh-roh. Did he say shut down the water for upcoming repairs? Sigh. Okay. We’ll all deal, right?
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 