Ely Echo Editorial: Water line break teaches lessons

Zup’s Food Market was bringing in bottled water as fast as it could last week when the city was without water eight hours and without drinkable water for nearly two days.

“Let people know I still have another pallet here if they want to stock up,” said Jim Zupancich on Thursday morning, prior to a boil advisory being lifted by the city.

The break occurred in the main water line that runs from the city water plant to the water tower around 4 p.m. Tuesday. From there it was all hands on deck for every city department to make repairs to lines that date back around 100 years.