Council hears water‑system failures and steps to improve SCADA reliability

Sep 24, 2025

Town Administrator Akin described recent water failures — a leak at Elhorn and a control‑system (SCADA) outage that left tanks nearly empty — and told council staff ordered battery backups, will replace routers and purchased new flow meters to reduce repeat incidents.

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Town Administrator Akin told the council the town experienced multiple water‑system problems over the prior week, including a cascading leak at Elhorn caused by missing pipe clamps and a separate systems‑control failure that left both storage tanks near empty.

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