Continuing Water Outage & the Latest
In the latest public information presentation about Asheville's Christmas water outage, city staff spoke more about the mechanics of the failure, and council stressed the importance of staying in touch with customers, even when there is nothing new to announce.
Water’s Restored, Confidence? Not So Much
A water outage over Christmas break affecting 38,500 users was annoying, but not as annoying as the City of Asheville's shortage of communication about the problem. Following four days without a press conference, when the city did speak, citizens felt leaders were not being upfront about the source of the problem, and they resented being strung along, day after day, with promises that services would be restored within 24-48 hours.
Water Still Top of Mind for Town
After finding out that what they thought were safety nets for their water system were not there, Weaverville takes action to secure emergency water for the town.