Water crises: What happened in Dayton and Montgomery County

A look at events in the city of Dayton and Montgomery County water system crisis Wednesday and Thursday:
4:30-5 p.m.: Residents and businesses report water outages in northern Montgomery County, affecting thousands of customers in communities that included Butler Twp., Clayton and Harrison Twp.
7:30 p.m.: All Dayton and Montgomery County water customers told to conserve as much water as possible and advised to boil tap water before use for health and safety reasons.
9 p.m.: The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office asks residents not to call 911 for questions about the water emergency.
The main will be repaired when the river level goes down and crews can access it.
What to do during a water boil advisory 8 a.m.: Water service returned to normal capacity.
Water distribution plants are pumping at full capacity, and the area of disruption has been been isolated from the distribution system.
Dayton residents told to call 937-333-4905 if they need to determine if they are in an area that is under the boil advisory.
Montgomery County customers may call 937-781-2688.
4:30 p.m.: The City of Dayton Department of Water announces samples have been taken from locations throughout the water system for testing for possible contaminants.

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