Davenport preparing for another boil order

Davenport's 200 residents will be under another boil order this winter, as the North Coast community waits for state loans and grants to come through to improve its water system.

But county supervisors could come to the rescue for a second year, as the board today will consider providing bottled water to homes, businesses and the community's one school to get them through the rainy season.

"It seems to me absolutely clear that we have to continue providing drinking water," said county Supervisor Mardi Wormhoudt, whose district includes the former whaling village. "You can't expect a whole town to somehow be told it's going to boil its water and that's that."

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