Safety – The County Compass

Focus on Improvements Follows Recent Water Shut Off in Oriental

By Bonnie Crosser The importance of the Oriental Water Advisory Water Board’s efforts were once again brought to center stage with Oriental having to shut off water to ALL residents and businesses/restaurants on Monday, Feb. 3, to make a repair on a water line. The water was shut off from around 11am until 4pm. Additionally, once the water came back on the Town was on a BOIL WATER ADVISORY from…

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