Mayor of Virginia Town Finds Himself "Doing A Little Side-step" As Crypto Brings "Boil Water" Order
The town well in Buchanan, VA is at risk due to Cryptosporidium, which is not killed by the chlorination process.
So the town is living with a "boil water" order and city council meetings are getting mean. And instead of talking about the Crypto in the water , Mayor Tom Middlecamp is talking up what's not in the water.
The mayor told residents that tests from April 7th indicate the town's RAW water has no traces of e.coli or total coliform.
Middlecamp said he had met with county leaders looking for a solution.
"I don't have any specifics to tell you right now because I don't know specifics, but as soon as I know. You'll be the first to know," says Middlecamp.
Buchanan is a town of 1,200 in Botetourt County located northeast of Roanoke. After the "boil water" order was issued, 300 town angry residents turned out for the April 2nd city council meeting, and Buchanan has been in a mini uproar ever since.
The Roanoke Times has a story about it here.
