Livingston residents reportedly without water due to $89K debt
LIVINGSTON, Ky. ( FOX 56 )—A Rockcastle County trail town is reportedly without water due to a major debt said to be left behind by the former administration.
On Wednesday, Livingston officials announced the shutoff on Facebook and issued a Boil Water Advisory for all customers on Kentucky Highway 25 from Lower River Road to city limits.
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"We are currently working with the Division of Water, Judge Executive, PSC, and all other entities to resolve this issue. We ask you conserve water while we work to resolve this issue," the post read.
Officials said their water supplier demanded payment for an $89,000 debt "past due from previous administration," and the city has declared a state of emergency.
"I'm positive there's a reason, but it hasn't been revealed to us (the city) as of yet; we had no warning, no notice, nothing," the city said on Facebook.
The city claimed that Kentucky American Water shut off the water pumps at Ford Hollow, subsequently stopping water flow to Livingston. Susan Lancho, a Kentucky American Water representative, said that the company and the city are serviced through the Woods Creek Water District. Not Kentucky American Water alone.
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"Kentucky American Water is continuing its efforts to address the water outage in your area. The outage is the result of water service from our supplier, the City of Livingston, being shut off on November 5. This issue has developed due to no fault of Kentucky American Water," Kentucky American Water said. "We are working to resolve this issue as soon as possible. In the meantime, bottled water and gallon jugs of water are still available at Sand Hill Baptist Church."
Livingston officials said that unfortunately, some residents will lose all water until the issue is resolved.
"This preventing SandHill from receiving water, you would have been receiving water the entire time had this action not been performed by your supplier," the city wrote. "I feel sorry for people that have suffered this, l really have no explanation why they did it but it certainly isn't the City of Livingston's actions but those of your supplier."
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Livingston has reportedly applied for emergency funding to pay back previous debt to Woods Creek Water District.
FOX 56 has crews in Livingston working to learn more.
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