The Omro Police Department has initiated a K-9 Unit Fundraising Campaign.  The OMPD has created the K-9 Unit to assist in the effort of combatting crime in Omro and the surrounding communities.  Having a canine officer creates a valuable asset to the officers and other law enforcement officials, who are working diligently to protect the citizens of this community.  

The addition of a K-9 Unit to the Omro Police Department greatly enhances this agency’s capability to track down, locate, and capture wanted offenders in urban and rural environments: and detect illegal narcotics in our communities and schools.

The employment of  a K-9 officer is a great asset in reducing the safety risk to the citizens and Law Enforcement Officers of the Omro Police Department, while increasing the agencies effectiveness in apprehending criminals and conserving the peace.  All of these efforts making Omro a safer community in which to raise your family.

What Does a K-9 Officer Do?
An effective K-9 Officer serves as a locating tool to find suspects of serious crimes and aid in their capture, and the detection of illegal narcotics. The K9 Unit is also  instrumental in the safe, thorough search of buildings and other hazardous areas. The K-9 Officer assists in these types of searches and provides an added layer of protection for the law enforcement officers during these dangerous incidents.

The Omro Police Department needs your support to continue to fund our K-9 Unit. We are asking businesses, community organizations, and individuals to donate funds to purchase equipment, provide the necessary training, and other needs to support and maintiain this K-9 member of the police department.   Donations of necessary equipment and supplies are welcome as well. Your donation to this program will go directly to this effort and is tax deductible. 

To obtain further information regarding this program or to donate to our effort contact:      Officer Cory Andersen
                    205 S. Webster Avenue
                    Omro, WI 54963
                    (920) 685-7007
                     
Send your tax-deductible donation payable to:  

                                                        City of Omro
                                            Attn: Canine Officer Fund
                                             205 S. Webster Avenue
                                                      PO. Box 399
                                                   Omro, WI 54963 
                                                            

Protecting your drinking water supply  is also your responsibility!

What is a cross connection?
Cross Connection is a physical connection between a possible source of contamination and the public drinking water system piping. This connection, if not properly protected, can lead to the contamination of the drinking water system through a backflow event.

The most common example would be a section of garden hose connected to a faucet with the other end lying in area which could become covered with water from an undesirable source such as flood waters, sump pump water, or simply soapy water in a sink.

What is backflow?
Backflow is the reversal of water flow through a cross connection from a possible source of contamination into the public drinking water system. Backflow may be caused by either backpressure or backsiphonage. A loss of pressure in the public drinking water system may lead to backsiphonage through unprotected cross connections, or backpressure may be created when the water pressure of a facility’s internal water system is elevated above the supply pressure of the public drinking water system resulting in backflow through unprotected cross connections.

What can you do to prevent backflow situations in your home or business?
• Be aware of and eliminate and/or isolate cross connections.
• Maintain air gaps on sinks and when using hoses.
• Do not submerge hoses or place them where they could become submerged.
• Use hose bib vacuum breakers on fixtures (hose connections in the basement, laundry room, and on outside faucets/spigots).
• Do not create a connection between an auxiliary water system (well, cistern, body of water) and the water supply plumbing.

Why should you be concerned?
• Backflow may affect the quality of the drinking water at your residence or facility and has the potential to create health hazards if contaminated water enters your water supply plumbing system and is used for drinking, cooking or bathing.
• Backflow events occur more often than you might think although most do not create health hazards.
• Unprotected cross-connections with water supply plumbing or public drinking water piping systems are prohibited.
• You are responsible for protecting your water supply plumbing from backflow that may contaminate your drinking water and the drinking water of others. This includes complying with the plumbing code and not creating unprotected cross connections.

If you should have any questions about cross connection control please contact the City of Omro Water Utility.

How do I contact the City of Omro Water Utility
• By phone:    685-7025
• By fax:           685-7028

Due to the early warm weather, the City of Omro will be opening the city clean landfill on S. Webster Avenue beginning on Saturday, March 24, 2012.  The landfill is open from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm to City of Omro residents only. 

The Spring 2012 edition of the Omro Parks and Recreation Program Guide is available for your review.  Download your copy today, and get active!

The City of Omro lives up to its reputation as being a safe, proud and involved community.  This is reflected in Omro's schools, neighborhoods, churches, organizations and other community services. 

Located just 8 miles west of Oshkosh in the heart of Wisconsin's Fox River Valley, Omro offers the perfect combination of business, industry, residential amenities and recreational pleasures to win your heart.

The city works hard to maintain its excellent quality of life in order to make the community an even greater place in which to live, work, and conduct business.