Christie to Monmouth County Residents: Conserve water, don’t use fireworks
Water emergency to be repaired by July 4th
Gov. Chris Chrisite boarding a State Police helicopter on his way to address a power outage in Atlantic County after addressing the press in Monmouth County about the current water crisis. Photo by Art Gallagher
Oceanport, NJ- Governor Chris Christie implored Monmouth County residents to conserve water and to express their patriotism by not shooting off private fireworks for the duration of the water crisis caused by the major infrastructure failure at New Jersey American Water Company’s Swimming River water treatment plant. Addressing the press at the Wolf Hill Recreation area in Oceanport, Christie said “if a lot of things go perfectly” the water crisis will be over by the July 4th holiday.
Christie announced that residents of twenty two towns should boil their water before drinking or cooking. Those towns are :
Posted: June 30th, 2012 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie, Chris Smith, Emergency Management, Joe Irace, Joe Kyrillos, Kim Guadagno, Monmouth County, Monmouth Park, New Jersey American Water, NJAWC | Tags: Alabama, Chris Christe, Helicopter, Monmouth County, Monmouth Park Grand Stand, New Jersey American Water Company, NJAWC, Oceanport, water emergency, water pipes trucked from Alabama | 3 Comments »