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Originally Posted by TimeForChange
Been here seven years and own two houses. Never needed to sign up. So, if you don't "sign up" you're unknowingly exposed to unsafe drinking water and water dept has no responsibility to make sure you are informed!
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I guess I'd like you to suggest what the water company should have done to warn you. They issued a public notice which was picked up by the local newspaper. Apparently it was mentioned on the local radio station but not featured. But you don't read the paper or listen to that station. Would you expect them to post a notice on your front door and every other front door? Should they be responsible if you don't enter via the front door to also slip a notice under the door or under your garage door? Both this website and the news website had the information promptly. Maybe a trunk with a loud speaker or a sky-writing airplane.
I totally agree that you needed to be informed, just like you should know if a hurricane is coming or we are having a flu outbreak, or there have been a rash of home break-ins in your neighborhood. Paying attention to the news via free local sources helps with that. As does this website and others. And you can sign up for phone, text, or email notifications for all of the emergency events that might happen.