Byrdstown Water Issues Should Back To Normal Over Next Few Days

Byrdstown expecting to fix the issues with its water pressure and water supply after receiving a new part for its pump system Thursday.

That after weekend water pump failures have decreased the water treatment plant’s capacity to 50 percent. Mayor Sam Gibson said they tracked the delivery from Louisville to Cookeville, where they decided to get the part and bring it back to Byrdstown themselves.

“So we just went ahead and met it there,” Gibson said. “And that gave us two or three, four hours earlier of getting it in place. And we’re at this point installing that piece of equipment. That’ll hopefully get our system back running.”

Gibson said the water treatment plant should be pumping at full capacity by the end of day Thursday. He said it will take a few days to get the water levels back up and the water pressure itself fixed.

Gibson said they ask for citizens’ patience as they continue to work through these issues. He said the piece of equipment that failed can run up to $20,000, so it is difficult to retain backups when events like this occur.

“I wish we were able to do that and could but you know we just can’t,” Gibson said. “And this happens hopefully once in a lifetime so you just can’t prepare for those. But we’re doing the best we can and we hope everything gets back to normal as soon as possible.”