USA - Water authority to tap into alert system
Water authority to tap into alert system
By Chris Foreman
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, July 11, 2008
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County is preparing to implement an automated public notification system that would alert residents when there is a threat to their drinking water supplies.
The notification process, which authority Manager Chris Kerr estimates could cost about $100,000 annually, will be required by the state Department of Environmental Protection for all public water suppliers.
Gov. Ed Rendell directed the agency to improve notification procedures after a December 2005 fluoride spill at a York County treatment plant caused elevated levels in the water supply, but a "do not consume" advisory was not released to the media for almost two hours.
The acceptable notification systems include an automatic dialer that would call all customers in an affected region to deliver a recorded message.
No such scheme in the UK
By Chris Foreman
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, July 11, 2008
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County is preparing to implement an automated public notification system that would alert residents when there is a threat to their drinking water supplies.
The notification process, which authority Manager Chris Kerr estimates could cost about $100,000 annually, will be required by the state Department of Environmental Protection for all public water suppliers.
Gov. Ed Rendell directed the agency to improve notification procedures after a December 2005 fluoride spill at a York County treatment plant caused elevated levels in the water supply, but a "do not consume" advisory was not released to the media for almost two hours.
The acceptable notification systems include an automatic dialer that would call all customers in an affected region to deliver a recorded message.
No such scheme in the UK
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