Show I u I I I t I j i I I 1 WATER Coalville residents could hardly hard hard- ly believe their eyes on Monday foul foul- morning as looking dingy-looking smelling putrid tasting water is issued issued la is- sued from their hitherto faithful water taps Many decided not to I take that bath after all and very few dared drink a drops drop The explanation for the upset was that th the overflow water at Welchs Welch's Spring backed Into the well and was greedily sucked into the city water line by pumps The I I I pack up back up ac up had been caused by weal wea- wea l I ther conditions s j Frantic calls to to city officials prompted I prompted an on an investigation which led to the the the- scene of f the trouble The well was was was' Immediately shut off oft from from the city Mile line and c bac I washed for or two hours h with fire hydrants which cleared out the lines Unes One On and half half one times the regular amount amount nt of chlorine was was then added to the the water sup sup- ply to purity purify the Water r ri j i Lucky Lueky were the people who hadu had obeyed Civil Defense rules for forI having purified water on hand band Some had hod bottled water waler under pressure some had water stored In bottles Many made mader resolutions to get such supplies on hand Immediately Mayor Robert Williams laughingly laughIngly laughingly laugh laugh- l told t ld many of those who called c him Im that this is a practice dry run run for Civil Defense Defense do do you have a supply of water on hand Well do you |