SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. – Tap water is no longer unsafe to drink for those living in the Snoqualmie Pass area.
A boil water advisory for the area has been lifted as of February 1 after a system leak likely caused water contamination, according to county officials.
Those living in the Snoqualmie Pass Utility District, including the areas of the Snoqualmie Summit and Village, Alpental, Yellowstone, Conifer and Hyak can start using their tap water for drinking and everyday uses.
The Kittitas County Health Department’s Environmental Health staff will be assisting local food businesses during the reopening process, according to a news release.
Health supervisors caution that every surface and tool that touches food must be sanitized with uncontaminated water before reopening their doors to the public.
The Utility District has also installed a chlorination system at the well source Saturday, as a precaution.
More details can be found at the Utility District website.

SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. – Tap water is no longer unsafe to drink for those living in the Snoqualmie Pass area. A boil water advisory for the area has been lifted as of February 1 after a system leak likely caused water contamination, according to county officials. Those living in the…

In the aftermath of Trenton Water Works’ boil-water advisory, there were a lot of questions across the region.
And, most surprisingly, do I have Trenton Water?
The latter seemed a simple enough question to answer—if you get a bill from the City of Trenton twice a year for water service, then you receive your water from Trenton Water Works.
Turns out that was easier said than done.
The only map there was of the area affected by the boil-water advisory.
We followed up to ask for a map of the full service area, but Walker—who seemed perturbed by the whole exchange—never replied to our request.
They only had one map: a years-old thumbnail in the corner of a memo.
We also had asked Hamilton Township, whose administration has been quick to release information on TWW.
The BPU didn’t have anything either, saying TWW “isn’t under our jurisdiction” and recommended asking DEP.
We share this story as another example of what it is like to communicate with and try to get information about Trenton Water Works for even simple questions, like “Where do you serve?” The map is lost in the maze, but it exists somewhere.

“The City’s inability or unwillingness to act with the urgency the current situation requires potentially puts at risk the health of the 225,000 people TWW serves in the City of Trenton and in Ewing, Hamilton, Lawrence and Hopewell townships,” then-DEP commissioner Bob Martin wrote in a Jan. 12 letter to Trenton Mayor Eric Jackson, obtained by the Post through a public records request.
Other municipalities had to step in to fill the information gap.
Even when they had learned of the advisory, the municipal governments within TWW’s service area could only report what TWW and DEP had told them, directing residents’ questions to TWW.
When contacted by the Post at 2 p.m. on Jan. 15, a Trenton Water Works employee could not say which parts of the TWW service area were affected by the notice.
For years, the chief complaint of the mayors in TWW’s service area had been lack of communication and clarity from TWW.
The officials discussed the issues TWW had faced in 2017, along with the city’s plans to staff the treatment plant, to follow DEP recommendations and to hire a water management firm to help operate Trenton Water Works.
“TWW has operated according to state and federal standards, supplying water to its customers that either meets or exceeds federal standards,” Jackson said in the statement.
“There have been some temporary operational issues, but the water quality and the public’s health was never in danger.” But Martin’s Jan. 12 letter to Trenton said the city had agreed to award an emergency management contract by Nov. 30, 2017, and nearly two months after missing that deadline, its draft contract remains “unacceptably incomplete and does not meet even the minimum requirements to keep TWW operational.” And even though Jackson cited TWW’s cooperation with the DEP, the state agency has had serious concerns about Trenton Water Works and the city’s ability to act in good faith.
Trenton city council has waived residency requirements for Trenton Water Works employees, and has hired a consultant to fill positions at TWW.
State Sen. Linda Greenstein and Assemblymen Daniel Benson and Wayne DeAngelo, who represent Hamilton, sent a letter to McCabe and Board of Public Utilities President Joseph Fiordaliso requesting a meeting regarding Trenton Water Works and to seek solutions to the “ongoing, growing problems to ensure the health and safety of our constituents.” Greenstein last year led a joint Drinking Water Task Force unrelated to TWW, and has moved Trenton’s water issues to the top of her 2018 priorities.

FRUITLAND, Md.- The city of Fruitland, Maryland on Wednesday experienced a water main break on Camden Avenue and School Street that impacted hundreds of homes.
The water has since been turned back on, but boil water advisory is in effect.
The Fruitland Police Department says the water main break occurred around 9 a.m. Police say there was a time when the entire city was without water.
"I woke up this morning, I didn’t have any water, I tried to take a shower and I obviously couldn’t take one," says Brent Michaels.
Students at Fruitland Intermediate School were transferred to Fruitland Primary School since there was no water available for students.
All day long, water crews worked to fix the issue as they turned off various pipes so they could repair the holes in the water main.
As of Thursday morning, the water was back on, although water pressure may still be a little on the low side.
It is still not safe to drink on its own.
The city issued a precautionary boil water advisory Wednesday night.
Fruitland police said testing could take four to five days.

The Village of Estherwood remains under a boil water advisory this morning, February 1, and until further notice.
Officials say the advisory was issued on Wednesday, January 31 after water to the town was shut off so that crews could pressure wash the water tower.
Once water is restored, all customers will need to boil water for at least one full minute.
The minute starts once the water has begun to boil.

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC (WSPA) – Some customers in the Liberty Chesnee Fingerville Water District are being asked to boil their water until further notice, following a water main break on Wednesday.
According to a news release, the water main break resulted in some customers having low pressure and loss of water.
Repairs were expected to be finished by 9 p.m. Wednesday, but the water district is advising customers in the areas of Successful Way and on Bryant Road from US 221 to Successful Way to boil their water for at least one minute.

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC (WSPA) – Some customers in the Liberty Chesnee Fingerville Water District are being asked to boil their water until further notice, following a water main break on Wednesday.
According to a news release, the water main break resulted in some customers having low pressure and loss of water.
Repairs were expected to be finished by 9 p.m. Wednesday, but the water district is advising customers in the areas of Successful Way and on Bryant Road from US 221 to Successful Way to boil their water for at least one minute.
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WEST PLAINS, Mo.
— Patrons on the west system of Howell County Public Water Supply District #2 on County Road 8800 and State Route 17 south of CR 8800 will have to boil their water until further notice.
Department officials say a water line burst is being repaired, which is the cause of the boil order.
The boil order affects all water patrons of the west system on County Road 8800 and State Route 17 south of CR 8800.
This boil advisory does not include patrons in the area Junction Hill or the patrons of the Brandsville System.
Water must be boiled until samples have been tested and safe results are received from the Department of Natural Resources.
To ensure the safety of the water, customers should boil water vigorously for three minutes prior to use for cooking or drinking.
Customers also can disinfect dishes by immersing them for at least one minute in clean water containing at least fifty parts per million (ppm) free chlorine, or roughly 1 teaspoon of unscented bleach per gallon of water.
For more information, contact Robert Hatley at the District office 417-256-8871.

The department issued the advisory because of a loss of pressure.
Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.
Public water suppliers in Kansas take all measures necessary to notify customers quickly after a system failure or shutdown.
Regardless of whether it’s the supplier or KDHE that announces a boil water advisory, KDHE will issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory.
Laboratory testing samples collected from the city of Thayer indicated no evidence of contamination and all other conditions that placed the system at risk of contamination are deemed by KDHE officials to be resolved.