This past Wednesday, July 12th, the Village of Chatham was rocked when a vehicle ran over a fire hydrant near J&H Cooking that disrupted water transmission to residents and businesses and forced a Boil Advisory to be put into place.

Thanks to the fast and proficient response of David Ricard, John Mize, Justin Green of the Chatham Public Works Department, the main water line that was ruptured was quickly repaired and just two days later the advisory was lifted.

“I applaud the work done by our Public Works Department and Ms. Lillian Pittman in our administration office for their help in getting this situation resolved so quickly,” said Chatham Mayor Gregory Harris. “Normally something like this takes a while to get straightened out. Thanks to the guys getting the water back on so fast and Ms. Pittman’s skill in getting things documented with the Dept. of Health, our residents were only slightly discomforted. We are blessed to have them working for our town.”