Initially, all those customers were placed under a precautionary boil advisory. The target boil area shrank this morning when officials determined more about the problem.
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At least 15,000 to 20,000 Montgomery County water customers remain affected by what is now a mandatory boil advisory, county officials said Thursday morning. The city said 75,000 customers were under the mandatory boil order today.
Some areas in the south suburbs were not affected by that new advisory, including Kettering, Centerville, Washington Twp., Miami Twp. and Moraine, according to the county.
Kettering Community Information Manager Stacy Schweikhart said this morning, “The city of Kettering just received confirmation from Montgomery County that Kettering is not in the impacted area for the boil advisory.”
Centerville Community Resources Manager Maureen Hodgson said the city is not under a boil advisory, but is monitoring the situation as the county releases more information.
“We just want to make sure we can get all of the necessary information out to our residents immediately,” she said.
Local schools in the areas of Kettering and Centerville were affected by the advisory, as the districts were closed on Thursday.
“We are closed today due to the county wide issues,” noted Kari Basson, coordinator, Community Relations and Auxiliary Services for Kettering City Schools.
Community Relations Specialist Sarah Swan said Centerville schools has a plan for water emergencies, but decided for the safety of students and staff to close on Thursday.
“We do have emergency water available in our schools, but due to the ongoing situation and the request to conserve water, we did decide to close our schools today,” she said.
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Oakwood was not affected by the issues at all.
“Oakwood operates its own water system, and is not affected by the Dayton water outage, nor are any of our Oakwood residential or business customers,” said City Manager Norbert Klopsch.
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