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2 THE GEORGETOWN GEMINI WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1996 Water main cleaning continues Halton Region's project to clean up the water mains in Georgetown in on schedule. Because the project is pro- ceeding as planned, the sec- ond phase of the project will commence this week. Starting today (Nov. 6) the cleaning crews will move to the area of Georgetown east of Mountainview Road, south of Guelph Street (Hwy. 7), and north of Silver Creek. In the cleaning operation, the crews will be swabbing and flushing out the sediment in the water lines that run under the street. These are the water mains that carry drinking water into the homes and businesses of that area. The project, with a budget of $30,000, is designed to provide regular maintenance tothe system. Once complete the cleaning probably won't be required again for another 10 to 20 years. "This means cleaner, clearer water for the people of Georgetown," said Brent Marshall, Halton Region's Director of Environmental Services. "We've been really pleased and impressed with the co-operation we've been receiving from the people of Georgetown while we're working on this job," Marshall said, adding, "We've asked them to put up with a bit of inconvenience while the work is on, and we appreciate the response." Residents in the affected area are notified of when the work will be done on their street by a notice hand deliv- ered to their homes or busi- ness. While the cleaning is going on, a large quantity of discoloured water is flushed out of the system. To avoid that water from entering the home, residents are asked to help out in the following ways: Just before the cleanup, residents should draw off the water they'll need for daytime drinking and cooking; They should not use any water or flush the toilet during the clean-up period, usually between 9 am and 5 pm on the scheduled day of the clean up; Residents should shut off their water softener; When service is re- stored at 5 pm, residents should flush the water sys- tem until the waterruns clear; To flush your system, we suggest residents turn on the taps (cold water only) in their laundry tub or the tap closest to the water meter and the tap at the highest point in the home. This will relieve any air that may have accu- mulated in the pipes. "We' ve got staff standing- by to answer customer ques- tions and deal with concerns," Marshall said. "So far, the people who have called our hotline have been very inter- ested in what we are doing and ready to help." Georgetown residents and business owners can reach the hotline by calling Betty Young at 878-8113, Ext. 8145, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, weekdays. After busi- ness hours, calls are handled by an automatic service. Resi- dents can leave their name and number and Halton staff will call back right away. Work crews will to respond. Boy struck on Halloween From Page 1. 10,000 block of Sixth Line, Halton Hills. Aninvestigation by Halton Regional Police Service's Public Safety Unit deter- mined that the Prevost vehi- cle, driven by a 26-year-old friend of the boy's mother, was traveling northbound on Sixth Line when the driver pulled the car over to the side of the road in the southbound (JUMBO VIDEO) The Biggest Name In Entertainment! HOT NEW RELEASES -- ae MULTIPLICITY THE ani AL FEAR MRS. 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NEWSSHORTS Theft from vehicle A total of seven cassettes were taken from a 1989 Toyota parked at a residence on Main Street South sometime overnight between Oct. 26 and 27. Police report that the passenger side window was smashed and the cassettes removed. The value of the cassettes and the repair to the window came to $150. Car damaged at church A 15th Side Road resident returned to find someone had deliberately vandalized her car. Police report that the car had been parked at a church on Trafalagar Road, Oct. 31, at 8:30 pm when someone apparently poured a quantity of a corrosive substance on the car, causing about $1,000 to the paint. Caught in the act Impeccable timing saved an Eighth Line resident some headaches when his neighbours observed a suspicious character lurking about The couple telephoned the neighbour who then came out to see what was going on. 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