COMPANY NAME
Ottawa River storage facility
What a difference a year makes : In August 2014 , the Toledo DPU advised half a million people in the area to not drink their tap water due to a toxin detected in the water supply . A state of emergency was declared and residents were without drinking water for nearly three days .
“ The do-not-drink advisory is a big part of our story , because it became a catalyst for change ,” said Toledo ’ s DPU Director Ed Moore .
While residents have since returned to normalcy , it ’ s been a different story for the utilities department . Over the past year , DPU has launched a slew of programs and initiatives to upgrade infrastructure in order to ensure the contamination
54 January 2016