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Austonia readers shared their thoughts on the Austin boil-water notice. (Austonia)
First, we wanted to know what actions they were taking in response to the boil-water notice. Almost 47% of 228 respondents said they were drinking bottled water, but not far behind almost 40% were boiling their water.
A majority voted that Austin Water should be held responsible for the repeated city failures of three boil-water instances in four years.
Poll results of Austonia survey. (Austonia)
Respondents were given the option of sending in comments. A common theme in the comments was saying this shouldn't happen in this country at all and comparing the lack of drinking water to a third-world country.
Here are a few other comments:
- Ridiculous for a city our size and a travesty for businesses that had to close due to lack of water.
- Just ridiculous, we shouldn't all have to rely on just one treatment plant for the entire city... scary! Come on Austin leaders, we can do better!
- This is unacceptable in the richest country in the world, in the capital of our state!!
- I just moved here because it is a high tech hub, and to not have potable water for 3-4 days makes me think I moved to a third-world country! Get it together, Texas.
- A city that hypes itself as the greatest place all the time and can't provide clean water to its residents? Please!
- Firing someone bc a bureaucratic error? Who’s training this person and about the supervisor? I sincerely do not believe this is what took place. I challenge their integrity.
- Remembering to not drink tap water. Keeping a water bottle in the bathroom. Otherwise, it's not that big a deal. But in my 50 years, I've never had to boil my water in any of the other cities I've lived in.
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