And all the computers are Y2K compliant, he said. An independent consultant has also checked out all the equipment at the water plant and made sure there were no date-sensitive chips embedded in the equipment, he said. White House, which serves 23,000 customers in Robertson and Sumner counties and in Simpson County, Ky., also has done computer checks, Thompson said. I think if there's any type of interruption in service it will be mild, maybe just a couple of hours. In general, in order to have a total breakdown in services, you have to be totally computer-driven.
Most systems have manual overrides.
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