Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is defending some of the decisions he made about an April water main break amid criticism.
Some people chided City officials for not having the part on the shelf. But Boughton says it's a one of a kind, handmade valve that was installed around 1975 and called it a rare break.
As for social media slams over waiting to send out a reverse 911 call, Boughton says it was a calculated choice not to make the call around 11:30pm April 23rd when officials learned how severe the break was. The call didn't go out until late the following afternoon. He noted that it wasn't sent out because only 50 percent of Danbury is on city water, and at that point people didn't have to boil their water to drink city water.
Boughton says he was a little surprised by the amount of criticism about the water main break because during the winter there were two or three a week. He admitted that the length of time to repair the problem was unusual and eventually impacted all city water users.
