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Ashland’s water works history dates to 1895

ASHLAND — Cholera is a bacterial infection that sometimes causes illness through contaminated water. Still today, Cholera causes over 100,000 deaths worldwide due to poor living conditions. It was in the late 1800’s that Ashland officials felt it necessary to establish a water works that would reduce continuous concern over a cholera epidemic and provide […]

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