Residents of mountain town told to cease all water use amid emergency situation

Residents of the mountain town of Victor, Colorado have been told not to use water until further notice.

Per reporting from The Gazette’s O’Dell Isaac, the order for citizens to not use water stems from issues that occurred during recent efforts to replace a more than 50-year-old water main, with a section of the water line becoming dislodged during excavation.

On May 10, a local disaster emergency was declared, which indicated that while the water line break has been repaired, the issue caused the city’s water treatment and delivery system to cease functioning properly…

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