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Meeting scheduled to discuss natural disasters
Patrick Stout, Voice Correspondent
MACOMB The McDonough County Emergency Services and Disaster Assistance Agency has scheduled a multi-hazards mitigation planning committee meeting for Wednesday, May 19 at 2 p.m. in the ESDA operations center at 740 West University Drive on the campus of Western Illinois University. ESDA Director Edgar Rodriguez said this week that this will be the second time the committee has come together to voice opinions on the mitigation of natural hazards. The frequency and damages caused by severe storms and other natural hazards in the county will be discussed, Rodriguez said. Zachary Krug of the American Environmental Corporation in Springfield is serving as the committee consultant.
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West Prairie Water to join county alert system
Patrick Stout
Voice Correspondent
MACOMB The West Prairie Rural Water District is signing a memorandum of understanding to join the McDonough County Alert System.
Emergency Services Director Edgar Rodriguez reported Tuesday that the water district decided to join the network after ESDA and the Western Illinois University GIS helped pinpoint a major water leak in the district.
Rodriguez said the water district would sign a two-year agreement and pay $500 per year for alert services.
The director said McDonough County Emergency Services and Disaster Assistance has invited all units of local government to meet March 3 in an effort to begin studying hazard mitigations in the county. Rodriguez said all have received a questionnaire to gauge their perceptions of natural hazards that impact the county. He said a consulting firm has been hired to guide the identification of hazard mitigations.