lol...I'm with Russ....Woodman's actually told a friend of mine that it was the whole city and even though she lived on the west side she bought water. Hmmmm....I think it was Woodman's and Sam's Club....They made a fortune this weekend. My husband said they were standing by the door with water at Woodman's. It's the man trying to keep us down. We finally broke down and bought water about 15 minutes before the order was lifted. Btw, my tongue is totally in my cheek right now..don't wanna get anyone mad at me.

Had trouble drinking the water through my swine flu mask, anyway.

Dan Lynch said: "I’m not sure that the water was ever compromised.”
It was not an emergency, it was an "Advisory" and the WDNR only requires a community to notify residents within 24 hours of verification. The City of Janesville went beyond the requirement. Lots of people have been posting responses to the Gazette articles like it was some "really big deal" and that the city was negligent.

Grow up people, and go find some other "emergency" to play out your "Drama Queen" histerical soap operas.

Gosh - a couple of weeks ago there were a lot of comments about how the 'people on the east side of Janesville gets everything' and the people on the west side don't get anything.
How do you feel about that today?

EMMO, who cares if it was an advisory or ban - that's not the point of my post. There has to be an improved way of communication with residents, whether it involves all or just targeted areas.

It was all just a ploy to sell all the bottled water in Janesville by Big Bottled Water, orchestrated by Karl Rove.

Cathy 924, this is good info but this was not a water "ban" emergency, it was an ADVISORY. Drinking or using water was not banned, the City recommended boiling before using.
This is a procedure that is followed in communities all the time if there is a potential problem.

Suzie, the Janesville water meets all State and Federal guidelines and is not "bad" and is not "crap".

My town of 12,600 uses Connect-CTTY which is a phone/email or both notification system. It cost about $10,000 to implement it and it's the best thing the town ever did. When either a citywide or specific location notification is needed, a message is sent out. I happen to receive mine on my home phone, cell phone and email addresses. If a neighborhood's water is being turned off, or road construction is going to begin requiring water or electric, etc. being shut down, etc. a notification message is sent. It can also target age specific, say a senior citizen issue, a simply notify them. Company originally started for use for school districts (for closings, etc.) and now targets municipalities. They load all phone numbers into their system and allow residents to opt out or add additional notification numbers, etc. Janesville should pursue this program as this water issue required far more personnel on duty than would have been required..plus everyone would have known about it other than those who have internet access or happened to hear it on the radio. The affected businessowners also would have heard about it as well as the lifting of the ban versus getting a call from the Health Dept., again which required a lot of man hours to notify them.

Got up this morning and found drinking water in my toilet....Yuuuuuck !

Settle down folks. As I read the advisory and reports, there were five test samples taken on Thursday, one of which came back positive (presence of ANY e-coli bacteria, no matter how small a count) on Friday.
The city followed the rules, re-tested, and notified the public through it's website and the local media.
The advisory was lifted on Saturday when the Friday test results all came back negative (No e-coli).
Now, most of us know that any lab test can be in error. That's why you re-test.
Maybe the test that showed ANY e-coli was in error, and there was in fact, NO e-coli at all.

Thank you to the City, State, and Feds for setting up and operating such a thorough and safe preventative system. Good work!

This went exactly by the book. Good work by the city.

The city never notified me of the problem. They left it up to the two radio stations in town, neither of which I, nor a lot of other people for that matter, listen to and the Gazette website. 21st century, people. Reverse 911. There are a lot of small communities that use it. It's a no-brainer for a city the size of Janesville.

I drink it anyway. Gives my immune system an aerobic workout.

The water has always been bad come on!!! None of you actually drink this crap do you? Why am I being condemned here for not trusting the boil lift?

Suzie, You had no problem trusting "Janesville" when they said the water was bad. Why are you hesitant to believe them when they declare it safe?

The city did a very good job notifying its residents and correcting this as quickly as possible. Nice job!

Get a life!

Ok tater, so I annoy and frustrate you with that heavy *sigh* So what? Remember this is JANESVILLE! SIGH!

The water was never contaminated. Lots of hysteria for nothing....or is it for nothing.

Yeah, you just can't ever trust anything any government official tells you, can ya? Remember to stay at least 30 feet away from your microwave too and don't go swimming for 2 hours after you eat either! ***Sigh***

I'm still going to use caution here. Just because they say everything tested positive, doesn't mean its really true.