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Show Don't drink the water Monday night, one of the water pipes leading from the wells to the main storage tanks at ParkWest Resort ruptured, allowing stream water to enter the tanks. As a health precaution, owner Jack Roberts said the resort felt obligated to notify workers and residents around ParkWest and at ParkWest Village of the breakage. Approximately 150 people were warned not to drink the tap water. "The pipe has been repaired, but we still are not satisfied that the water is 100 percent pure," said Roberts Wednesday afternoon. after-noon. "The water is currently being chlorinated." The rupture was caused by erosion from the sudden snow runoff. The pipe broke near the base of the Ambush chairlift. The runoff also broke two underground un-derground power lines at the bottom bot-tom of the Arrowhead lift. Employees Em-ployees were called in to sandbag around the terminal base. |