Brunswick County boil water advisory lifted

This is a disgrace and disgusting. I do not own or watch TV nor do I read the newspaper. I get the information through the internet or word of mouth. How was I supposed to know? Brunswick county's website has information on it from 2006 but did not have any such information about water restrictions on the main page. A warning alert should have been the first thing to start on that page, what a bunch of pathetic people we have running our utilities.

Brunswick county does charge more for the utilities than other cities. I've not had to pay a non-refundable deposit before I moved here. Pathetic...

And that's what you get.

What upset me is that they still wanted our children to attented school not even knowing if the test where postive or negtive.They most be real crazy to think that I would send my child to school with out knowing the true answer about the water.Then we would of had to do the same thing all over again. My son gets sick very easy and if anything where to happen to him the school and sanitary district would and will be blamed.

I found out about the boil water advisory fifteen hours after the fact. Fifteen hours after my children and my family had been drinking the possibly contaminated water. This news was very disappointing and upsetting. I feel the North Brunswick Sanitary District dropped the ball big time with this.

Tuesday afternoon I contacted the NBSD to obtain more information on the advisory. I was told that there was a “minor leak” and that it had occurred Tuesday morning. I was also that it was only "recommended" that water be boiled before consumption.

When asked how the sanitary district had planned to insure that all customers were notified of the advisory, I was told that the advisory was “on all TV stations and in all the newspapers.” I was also informed that no other attempts would be made to notify customers that their water was possibly contaminated.

Now, I do not read or receive any newspapers, so that option is out. I do however, watch television. And on Tuesday morning, I did watch a local news broadcast. There was no mention of the water advisory. I also learned that this incident occurred on Monday afternoon. Not Tuesday morning, as a NBSD employee told me.

The NBSD has let down all of its customers. When we pay an exorbitant amount for our water (availability fees, non-refundable deposits, ect.) you would think there would be a fail proof system in place to notify customer that the water is possibly contaminated. The reality is that we rely on the NBSD to provide us with safe water. When the potential exists that the quality of that water is compromised, the NBSD has an obligation to insure that all customers are notified and are safe.

I find it very irresponsible that the ONLY way residents of Leland were informed of the water advisory was through the local television news. Many folks do not watch the news on a regular basis, and it's almost unheard of these days, but some people don't own televisions! I didn't find out until the noon news (which I only watched because a friend called and told me to turn it on), and by then, both myself and my young daughter had been drinking our water with no knowledge of the potential danger.

Brunswick County and the North Brunswick Sanitary District management need to come up with a better plan to get the word out. Thank God there wasn't a true danger in our water yesterday, otherwise the management of the Sanitary District may have had some serious problems on their hands.

The website on WECT advised the following:

"Customers living between the intersection of Lanvale Road and 17 South, north to the intersection of Highway 133 an 74/76 should boil their drinking water and water used for washing their hands."

I was not concerned with the warning since I live in a development not included in the specified area. However, the news keep on stating the entire Leland area is affected.

What is it???