Waterloo, CF utilities offer water to Cedar Rapids - W'loo/CF Courier

[Debi]

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/06/15/news/top_story/10410313.txt

Officials with both the Waterloo and Cedar Falls municipal water utilities have offered their support to help the city of Cedar Rapids with a dire water shortage brought on by record floods in that city.

Waterloo Water Works general manager Dennis Clark and Cedar Falls Utilities general manager Jim Krieg both offered to share water with Cedar Rapids or offer assistance to bring that city's wells back into operation.

"I put a call in to Cedar Rapids. We've got crews and equipment to offer them if they need it," Krieg said.

Officials there need to assess what their greatest needs are, Krieg said. CFU can provide help getting their wells in operation, and also has water it can share without interrupting service to its own customers. He said many Iowa cities have agreements to help each other out in such times of need.

Waterloo Water Works general manager Dennis Clark said Waterloo's water supply likewise has sufficient excess capacity and is available to Cedar Rapids if the city needs it.

"We're making the (downtown) pump station available to our customers, residents in the outlying areas that have contaminated wells ," Clark said. "We're extending that out to any city that has a way to transport water, including Cedar Rapids."

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[Bluzmann57]

1. See, it's like I've been saying all along

We are Iowans and we will help each other out. That's just in our nature. Politics be damned, Iowans are in trouble and we can only count on ourselves for help. But not saying that people from elsewhere won't. I'm just saying that we Iowans have a history of taking care of our own.