Piping problem leads to dry taps, brown water in Haines

The Haines Borough is working to replenish its water supply after storage tanks drained so low Sunday that some neighborhoods were left with dry taps. The water shortage sprung from a problem with the transmission line from the borough’s main water source, Lily Lake.
Haines resident Merrill Lowden took this picture of her water at about 4 p.m. Sunday, July 17.On Sunday afternoon, Fort Seward resident Merrill Lowden drove 5 miles to the Mud Bay spring to get 8 gallons of drinking