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Independence says power failure at treatment plant prompted precautionary boil advisory; sampling under way
Summary
A power failure at the Courtney Bend water treatment plant early Dec. 15 led Independence officials to issue a precautionary boil-water advisory and begin coordinated sampling; power was restored later in the day and the city said it will lift the advisory 24 hours after negative lab results.
A power failure at the city's Courtney Bend water treatment plant early on Dec. 15 forced the City of Independence to issue a precautionary boil-water advisory and use an emergency interconnect with Kansas City to maintain pressure, interim City Manager Lisa Reynolds said.
Reynolds told the council the outage occurred around 6 a.m. and that preliminary troubleshooting indicated the problem would not be a quick fix. She said crews were preparing to fire a unit that had been down for scheduled maintenance and that a transformer damaged in the incident may be salvageable but…
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