Health officials are asking residents of the Village of Glencoe to boil their water after a water main break may have allowed contaminated water to enter the municipal water supply.
"The community shouldn’t be using tap water until the advisory is lifted," said Fatih Sekercioglu, Environmental Health Manager with the Middlesex-London Health Unit.
He said it’s important the water is brought to a rolling boil before using it to make everything from ice cubes to a cup of coffee.
At the Embassy Restaurant, staying on top of the water boil advisory is a job in itself.
The advisory will likely be in effect for the next couple of days.
She worried about an elderly friend who wouldn’t be able to cart her own water to and fro.
"I always have bottled water, but not everybody does," said Magee, who wound up buying a few cases at a nearby grocery store.
By the time grocery manager Laurie Bogart arrived for her shift, the store was picked clean of one-litre, one-and-a-half litre and four-litre bottles of water.
Blackmore said his staff have ordered another skid of bottled water, and will also pick up extra cases of water at a nearby Costco.
Residents will be allowed more than four bottles of water Tuesday if they explain why they need them, he said.