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Ashland lifts boil-water advisory as resident details months-long water outage; attorney general notified
Summary
City says state lab cleared water samples and is lifting a boil-water advisory. A resident testified the household has lacked reliable water for more than five months and said the attorney general's office is investigating; city staff said contact with the resident should be routed through the AG investigator.
The city of Ashland announced it has received state water-sample results and is lifting a boil-water advisory after tests returned clear. At the same meeting, a resident told the Board of City Commissioners his home has had inadequate water service for more than five months and said he has involved the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General.
The advisory lift was reported by Mayor Chuck d Charles on March 27 after city staff said state test results showed the water met the laboratory standards required to end the advisory. That announcement preceded a lengthy public comment from David Boggs, 604 Henry Street, who said his household ‘‘has been without adequate water service due to a problem that was not my fault’’ since Oct. 12, 2024.
Boggs described repeated failures of service and repeated attempts to get help. He said technicians visited his home about 10…
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