By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
The City of Hoisington sent an alert to residents early Thursday morning
asking everyone to conserve water as much as possible until further notice.
According to City Manager Jonathan Mitchell, there was an interruption in
electric service to one of the water wells causing the water pumped into town
to stop.
The request to conserve water was issued to prevent utilizing all the
water in storage.
"To do our part, the city has shut off any sprinklers and shut off bulk water sells," said Mitchell. "We've contacted our largest volume users to ask for help. One of our industries has a special saw that takes water to cool it. We've asked them not to run that. There are a lot of people helping us get through this."
Hoisington staff has been working with the Kansas Department of Health and
Environment and local contractors to solve the
problem.
Mitchell stated there is no threat to the water quality, but quantity issues
are the concern while the well is being fixed.