Woodland Residents Have Waterless Weekend: Problem Traced to Water Tank Drained for Repairs to Meet State Standards
Posted on: Monday, 12 June 2006, 06:00 CDT
By Damon Lawrence, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.
Jun. 12--Woodland fire chief Roy Mallory is glad he didn't have to fight a fire this weekend. That's hard to do without water.
And parts of Woodland, Ga., were without water this weekend.
"There's no way I could've hooked up to a hydrant to fight a fire," Mallory said.
The problem started when the city's 300,000-gallon water tank was being drained so it could be repaired to meet state standards, Woodland Mayor James Carter said.
"During the process of running water in the line, two pipes busted," Carter said.
Because of the leaks, the water had to be turned off.
"We were losing 350 gallons a minute," Mallory said. "There was no way they could leave the water on with that much leaking because it was draining the Pleasant Hill area, too."
One leak was found on Georgia Highway 36, and another along Ga. 41. By Sunday evening both leaks were fixed.
Carter didn't have a number of exactly how many of Woodland's 522 or so residents had to go without water, but he did say some of the town's people weren't affected.
"More people had water than didn't have it," Carter said.
Lifelong Woodland resident Susan Davis said she had been without water since Friday. It finally came back on Sunday around 1 p.m.
"We're better now, but we're still not happy," Davis said.
Ken Chapman, a county commissioner in Talbot County, helped get water to residents -- mostly to the elderly on Saturday.
"People we knew didn't have a vehicle or people that were shut in, we tried to help them first," Chapman said.
Chapman, along with members of the Woodland city council and local residents, passed out water behind city hall on Sunday. He said between 300 and 500 people showed up to get cases that contained four gallons of water.
Carter hopes to be able to pump water back into the tank soon.
"I'm praying to God everything turns out all right now," Carter said. "We are repairing the tank for state requirements and stuff. The tank is fixed and everything, so we're just waiting on the final inspection from the state to come in."
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