Power-Deprived Plant

In a morning article detailing the trials and tribulations of DeKalb residents under the boil water advisory (some of which sounded like they came from your comments on this site), the AJC asked DeKalb County twice why backup power failed at the recently-expanded-for-a-cool-$150-mill Scott Candler Water Plant.

County spokesperson Kristie Swink, who would only respond in writing to the AJC (perhaps some oral surgery gone horribly wrong prevented her from speaking?), kept her replies to the technicalities of why the system went off-line this time around. In regards to why the back-up system didn’t work or why the county didn’t address this issue the first time this happened a couple months ago, she was less helpful.

I guess the county doesn’t think we have a right to know much about the water we’re drinking.

It’s understandable. It’s not like I need water to live or anything.