The church will have a laundry truck in its parking lot at the Old Fredonia School off Cassidy Ave., through Sunday, July 30.
They open at 8 a.m. on weekdays and laundry can be dropped off and picked up at no charge. No laundry detergent is needed.
You can contact the church on its Facebook page by CLICKING HERE.
For complete details, contact the Crittenden County Health Department at 270-965-5215.
Tanks should be thoroughly disinfected, filled from an approved drinking water source and regularly checked for chlorine levels, which can diminish rapidly in high temperatures. A 0.2mg/l chlorine residual needs to be maintained.
Crittenden County Health Department can assist with information and means for testing water.
Bottled water distribution next week is from 9 a.m., to noon and from 2 p.m., until 6 p.m., each day that the center is open. The center, located at the former armory, is closed from noon until 2 p.m. Pickup is as follows: Last names starting with A-F can pick up water on Mondays, names G-L on Tuesday, names M-R on Thursday and S-Z can get water on Friday.
A driver’s license must be presented to receive water. This water is to be used for drinking and cooking. Each person can get about two gallons for every person in their household.
Although a second July rainstorm passed through the area late yesterday, very little fell on Old City Lake. Measured rainfall Friday at the water plant was just one-tenth of an inch, while the Kentucky Mesonet weather station north of town near Mattoon recorded almost a full inch of rain.
Since the beginning of July, the weather station has recorded 5.1 inches of rain while Marion’s raw water lake – only about six miles south – has gotten just over one half of an inch.
A good portion of Kentucky is in near drought stage, including a swath of Crittenden County that includes the troubled water system on the south side of town.
As the water shortage moves toward its 12th week, more farm tankers will begin hauling today to help keep up with evaporation and perhaps add a bit of depth to the lake. Otherwise, the county water district continues to up its contribution to the city. It reached 125 gallons per minute on Friday, which is about 60 percent of the town’s demand with Stage 3 Conservation Measures in place.
Some other new developments late this week included a renewed look at Lake George’s potential to catch rainwater in part of the basin that was unaffected by the levee leak. More on that later.
Stay tuned to The Crittenden Press and The Press Online for the very latest information about the water crisis.
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Water transmission was delayed until afternoon, around the time Marion just missed a chance for rain. A storm moved north of town, leaving precipitation in the northern area of the county, but none in Marion.
Also, Crittenden-Livingston Water District bumped up its volume today. It's now pushing about 144,000 gallons of drinking water a day into Marion's distribution system. There are plans for even more in the coming days.
Marion's conservation efforts are finally showing some effect on usage. Daily water demand in the city has dropped from about 450,000 gallons a day to just over 300,000. Division of Water specialists say that conservation efforts from water customers is the single most effect tool in fighting the water shortage.
At the bottled water distribution center, city officials are still asking for more volunteers. Call city hall to register as an individual or group to help hand out free water at the former armory.
Stay tuned to The Crittenden Press and The Press Online for the latest information in the ongoing water crisis.
“My team has been in close contact with local officials to see how I can help the City of Marion resolve their critical water shortage," McConnell said.
"While the state government typically coordinates the immediate response to situations such as this, my office is looking at a number of federal grant programs that could possibly help the community formulate a long-term plan to address this crisis. Every Kentuckian deserves access to safe, accessible drinking water.”
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Although not unexpected, it’s a clear signal that the town’s raw water level is seriously low.
The city made the announcement at 9 a.m., Thursday, near the end of the 11th week of Marion’s ongoing water shortage. It's the first boil water order of the crisis.
“The City of Marion Water System is experiencing operational conditions that compromise the water quality,” the city said in a statement.
The news release explains that residents on city water should boil what comes out of the tap before using it for drinking, making ice, washing dishes, brushing teeth or cooking. The advisory says water should be boiled for three minutes.
“Do not drink water from appliances connected to your water line,” the city said. “All tap water should be boiled even if filtered. Use ready-to-use formulas or breast-feed infants.”
The advisory will remain in place until further notice. Likely, until significant rainfall can refill Old City Lake.
"This reinforces the importance of our bottled water distribution effort," Ledford said. "We continue to ask Marion residents to use the bottled water for cooking and drinking. The water boil order applies if you plan to use tap water for human consumption."
The following is more information from the City of Marion with regard to the boil order:
WHAT HAPPENED?
On July 7, 2022, the water system experienced issues with the disinfection process of your water.
Due to water conservation efforts and high temperatures the disinfection levels have fallen below the regulatory requirement.
There is an increased chance that the water may contain disease-causing organisms.
Inadequately treated or inadequately protected water may contain disease-causing organisms. These organisms include bacteria, viruses, and parasites, which can cause symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea, cramps, and associated headaches. They may pose a special health risk for infants, young children, some of the elderly and people with severely compromised immune systems.
WHAT IS BEING DONE?
We will inform you when you no longer need to boil your water.
For more information, please contact:
Marion City Hall by phone 270-965-2266 or contact your local health department.
Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.
This notice is being sent to you by The City of Marion. KY Water System ID#: KY0280267
Date distributed: July 7, 2022
Crittenden County Animal Shelter will be closed temporarily through Tuesday due to personnel shortages.
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| Inmate crews have been helping sandbag at the lake to catch more rainwater. |
In this week’s full edition of The Crittenden Press, which will be on newsstands around noon, we will have the latest information about what’s being done to shore up the lake from the spillway, to the creek feeding it and how water is collected from it.
With a series of rain opportunities in the forecast later this week, Marion’s hopes still hinge largely on Mother Nature, but farmers are also coming to rescue, and within a couple weeks there might even be some PVC pipe going into the ground to stave off disaster.
Outside of the water crisis, there are many other happenings this week. A long school board meeting last night has led to a major shift in plans for building a new high school, and there’s a new development in the highway turning lane project out front between campus and the hospital. Plus, one of Marion’s most talented stars is back in the news.
Get all of these details and more in this week’s newspaper.
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Rev. Aaron Brown said the community wide time of prayer will be held at 7pm.
Anyone interested may come in person to the church, pray at home or from their own church.
The prayer period will also be broadcast live on the church's Facebook page.
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| Inmates are preparing sandbags. |
The bags will be used to fortify the spillway so the lake can store more water when it rains.
Marion missed most of the weekend rainfall and the lake has lost several inches of water. Evaporation rates have been high the last few days as water hauling ceased for the holiday weekend.
City Administrator Adam Ledford said Monday that the lake is down to about three or four days of raw water. Crews will return to hauling water from the Tradewater River to the lake on Tuesday. Local farmers will join the National Guard in transporting raw water.
Marion has about three days of treated water in its tanks and system, so the town is less than a week away from running perilously low, unless water haulers can keep up with the need or there is some significant rainfall in the coming days. There are slight chances for rain on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Crittenden-Livingston Water District has been able to beef up its help to Marion, pumping 108,000 gallons of drinking water into town each day, but that's only about one-quarter of the daily demand.
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| Shelby Belt's track hoe is clearing the shore. |
Bottled water giveaway will return on Tuesday. See this week's schedule of water distribution in the post below.
Get this week's full edition of The Crittenden Press for more details on this and other news in the community.
While the precipitation was welcome and added around week or so of additional raw water to the lake, it was not enough to fill the lake. When it is full and the lake level crests at the top of the spillway, the town has about 6 days of raw water on hand.
Also on Saturday, local volunteers, mostly area firefighters, joined the National Guard in sandbagging the spillway at Old City Lake to allow the reservoir to capture and hold more water when it rains. If the sandbags hold, that means the lake will be able to store perhaps another week's worth of raw water.
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| Pictured at top are workers filling sandbags. Bottom photo shows the bags placed atop the spillway. |
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| Bottled Water Distribution at the armory will be reduced to 2 days per week. Thursdays will be for last names starting with A-M and Fridays will be for names starting with N-Z. |
Meantime, there is more help from Crittenden-Livingston Water District. On Friday, the volume of drinking water flowing from the county to the city system was increased to 75 gallons per minute, which equates to about 108,000 gallons per day or nearly one-quarter of Marion’s demand.
Also, on Tuesday Parish and Hooks Farms will begin hauling raw water from the Tradewater River to Marion in order to expand the relief effort that’s been conducted by the Kentucky National Guard.
Guardsmen will continue hauling about 50,000 gallons a day and the local farmers will be adding about 180,000 gallons per day with tractor-trailer tankers that can handle 5,500 gallons on a load, which is more than double what the military vehicles can carry. There will be five farm vehicles contracted for the mission.
Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray on Friday issued an emergency order that allows registered farm vehicles, which ordinarily are prohibited from “for-hire” use by the state, to be involved in the relief effort.
The farm vehicles will be offloading water directly into a branch of Crooked Creek off US 641 just south of the city limits. Parish and Hooks will begin hauling water Tuesday.
A couple of non-profit groups will begin staging relief efforts early next week, too. WaterSteps and Dream Center will be providing assistance to the community in multiple forms. Trailers with toilet/shower combos and mobile washer and dryer units will be located at Marion-Crittenden County Park. The public can use these facilities in order aid in conservation efforts. These are self-contained units and will have their own water source. Drinking water will also be provided by the non-profit groups.
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After Marion City Council last night approved a ban on fireworks and outdoor burning, the county responded by shutting down its brush yard.
Judge-Executive Perry Newcom said the brush yard has to be regularly burned in order to destroy organic debris dumped there. The brush yard sits on the city limits. Newcom said it's too close to town to take a chance on burning considering the dry conditions and the town's water shortage.
The brush yard will be closed until further notice.
