Planning, teamwork and cooperation helped prevent this week’s water leak from becoming a bigger crisis than it ultimately was.
“Sometimes a game plan all of a sudden has to get changed really quickly, and that’s what really took place,” he continued.
“On Monday morning they evaluated it, but they determined it was starting to fail even faster, so the decision was made basically to valve it off, rip it out, and put a new one in.” It was believed that the remaining 10-inch transmission line would be able to keep up with demand, so a voluntary water conservation advisory was issued.
Each put their own contingency plans in place as they were notified of the water issue on Thursday.
The boil water advisory remained in effect late Wednesday night and was expected to last through today at the very least.
“Everything worked out well and it was a good effort,” Perkins said.
Robison echoed Perkins’ comments and noted the contributions of everybody, including village Superintendent of Public Works Shane Evans and all the village workers who addressed the crisis.
“Really, the amount of planning and work that went into this, and just the ability of our village crew, and particularly Shane, to make some pretty serious adjustments on the fly — it was really an example of how things should work when you have a crisis situation like that,” Robinson said.
“I can’t say enough about Shane, and I can’t saw enough about our entire crew, from our water crew to our streets people.
He said Perkins was with the village the entire way.