The City of Hampton is working with Franklin County Emergency Management Coordinator Joel McWilliams to try to acquire some pallets of bottled water for the city to ensure daycares, health facilities, schools and citizens have access to drinking water until test results come back for the city’s drinking water.
This after there was a large water main break late yesterday in the southwest quadrant of the city. The water main has been repaired, but Hampton is now required to submit and pass a water test prior to lifting the precautionary boil order.
Water samples will be sent to the lab this morning, but there is an 18 hour minimum wait period, so city officials say the bottom line is that the soonest the boil order will be lifted is tomorrow, and that also depends on the test results.
