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Water advisory sent to wrong Clinton; city says water clean, safe to drink

Posted at 10:23 am June 8, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Clinton City Manager Roger Houck on Sunday said an apparent misrouting of information may be the reason at least one city resident received a “Notice of Water Advisory” this weekend.

“We have confirmed that the Web address and phone information included in the advisory is for Clinton, Utah…not Tennessee,” Houck said in a press release. “When you go to the Utah website, you will see that they, indeed, have issued an advisory for their area.”

A woman who lives on Mariner Point Drive in Clinton, Tennessee, told officials that she received an email and a phone call saying that local water samples had tested positive for E. coli, and customers should assume the water is unsafe to drink unless it is boiled. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Clinton, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Clinton, Clinton Utilities Board, E. coli, Roger Houck, Tennessee, Utah, water, water advisory, water supply

Reminder: Fundraiser for Secret City Wildbots features award-winning film on world’s water

Posted at 11:58 am February 1, 2015
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Sling Shot Press Release

A film screening this month will feature an inspirational movie about a tiny technological solution that could be used to clean up the world’s water supply. The screening of the award-winning documentary will also raise money for the Oak Ridge High School’s FIRST Robotics Team 4265, the Secret City Wildbots.

The fundraiser and screening will start at 7 p.m. Friday, February 20, in the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center, a press release said. The Secret City Wildbots will begin the evening with a short demonstration of the team’s robot from 7-7:20 p.m. The screening of the 97-minue film will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Entertainment, Front Page News, K-12, Meetings and Events, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: A Christmas Festival, bad water, Dean Kamen, documentary, film, FIRST, FIRST Robotics, FIRST Robotics Team 4265, Oak Ridge High School, Paul Lazarus, Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, Secret City Wildbots, Slingshot, water, water supply

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