Kentucky county says water shortage to be addressed through temporary service disruptions

A county close to Louisville is at the moment coping with a water scarcity that native officers plan to handle with measures together with quickly chopping off service to some customers.

In a Fb publish Monday afternoon, the Meade County Water District stated frigid temperatures in current days together with a rise in buyer demand strained the native water provide, forcing the corporate to make “operational adjustments to handle the issue.”

One change, in line with the publish, will embrace chopping off service to some prospects for a interval of a number of hours so the district can take time to enhance its provide.

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Outages might final between eight and 10 hours, the publish stated, and a boil water advisory might be issued as effectively.

“Please bear with us throughout these attempting occasions,” the publish, signed by common supervisor Brett Pyles, stated. “Our crews are doing all the pieces attainable.”

Meade County was considered one of a number of hit onerous by frigid temperatures that rolled via the area late final week, with shut to three inches of snow reported in close by Louisville. Temperatures plummeted late Thursday night time and weren’t anticipated to rise again above freezing till Tuesday.

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In a separate Fb publish, Brandenburg Mayor Ronnie Joyner stated residents billed for water by town (the county seat of Meade County) shouldn’t have their water service impacted.

Attain Lucas Aulbach at laulbach@courier-journal.com.