Town looks to boot alert-system vendor
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Barbara Lorge fills a pitcher with tap water in her Dix Hills home. (Jan. 20, 2012)
Town of Huntington officials are looking to replace an automated call service after, they say, efforts to alert Dix Hills Water District customers about a boil-water advisory failed over the New Year's weekend.
Town Supervisor Frank Petrone said the Dec. 30 calls were stopped after town officials could not figure out how to limit them to the 8,000 district customers instead of all town residents.
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