EMBED </>More Videos <iframe width="476" height="267" src="https://abc13.com/video/embed/?pid=4863690" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Houston Public Works Department says Friday night rainfall caused the spill of tens of thousands of gallons of wastewater at multiple location.
(KTRK) HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Public Works says Friday night’s rainfall caused the spill of tens of thousands of gallons of wastewater at multiple locations.
These locations include North Travis near University of Houston Downtown, Wrightwood near North Freeway, and the Eastex Freeway near Parker.
If you’re using private drinking wells in these areas, you are urged to boil the water before use.
As for water provided by the city, that is still safe to use without boiling.

The boil water advisory for St. Martinville has been lifted.
Officials say the water is safe for consumption.
On Tuesday night water was shut off in the city.
Officials told KATC that the shutoff was done to complete work on two main lines.
The water was shut off at 11 p.m. and remained off for five hours.
Once the water was turned back on, the city was under a boil order.

Update: The town of Harvard said the boil water advisory has been lifted, as of Dec. 5 at 4:04 p.m. — HARVARD, Mass.
(Dec. 4, 2018) – The town of Harvard is alerting residents to boil water after E. coli was found in the town water supply.
A water sample collected Monday tested positive for the bacteria, a fecal indicator whose presence indicates that the water may be contaminated with human or animal wastes.
While we test more samples and evaluate the water system operation, we are advising our customers to BOIL the water prior to consumption to reduce any potential risk of exposure to bacterial or viral contamination," the town said in a statement.
Residents are advised not to drink the water without boiling it first for at least one minute, or to use bottled water.
Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, food preparation, brushing teeth, and washing dishes until further notice.
Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water.
Residents should discard all ice, beverages, uncooked foods, and formula made with tap water.
For more information, contact Ron Gilbert at 978-456-4130.
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MECOSTA COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — The boil water advisory that was issued for part of Big Rapids has been lifted.
The advisory was issued Tuesday morning after a loss of pressure in the Big Rapids water supply was found.
Multiple schools in the Big Rapids area were closed Tuesday and Wednesday due to the advisory.
If you have any questions, you can contact the City of Big Rapids Public Works Department at (231) 592-4015.

Pineville Municipal Water Works has lifted a boil-water advisory issued for water customers on Nov. 29.
West Virginia American Water has lifted a boil-water advisory issued for approximately 70 water customers on the following streets in Princeton: Oney Gap-Stinson School Road, Ambrose Lane to Deer Mountain Drive, Elmore Road, Mars Drive, Venus Drive, Comfort Court, Planet Drive, Deer Mountain Drive, Sami Lea Street, Antler Lane, Spike Lane, Fawn Lane and Bambi Place.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the City of Jamestown located in Cloud County.
Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice: – If your tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the water run until it clears.
– Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation or use bottled water.
– Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic icemaker.
– Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled.
Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.
The advisory took effect on December 6, 2018 and will remain in effect until the conditions that placed the system at risk of bacterial contamination are resolved.
KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a line break resulting in a loss of pressure in the system.
Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.
Regardless of whether the public water supplier or KDHE announced a boil water advisory, only KDHE can issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory.

When service lines break near his home, Wilburn said the tap water can be muddy for days at a time.
Years of frequent boil water advisories and sometimes long stints of dirty water have gutted people’s trust in their tap water.
Alex Slitz aslitz@herald-leader.com Wilburn is a customer of Cawood Water District, which serves about 1,600 houses and businesses in Harlan County.
“If you’re over the number of (disinfection byproducts), then you’ve got to bring that down.” Safe Water Drinking Act Violations since 2008 Chart: Will Wright and John Stamper Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Get the data f in Since January 2016, water samples collected from the Martin County Water District have exceeded Safe Water Drinking Act limits for disinfection byproducts at least 12 times, according to data provided by the Kentucky Division of Water.
Cawood Water District has been in violation of the Safe Water Drinking Act every quarter for the last three years for violating public notice regulations, but not for water quality, according to EPA records.
‘It’s a basic human right’ In many areas, dirty tap water is the result of broken service lines and irregular pressure, but some residents in Martin County also fear residual effects from a coal slurry spill in 2000, when 250 million gallons of toxic sludge poured into the Tug Fork river.
The river remains the sole source of water for the Martin County Water District, which serves about 3,500 homes and businesses in the county.
“Water should be clear and odorless, and that’s something we don’t have here, and haven’t for a very long time,” Maynard said.
“People get aggravated with us when we put on the boil water (advisories), but you know, that’s a precaution,” she said.
I always used it.” Though she trusts the water, Pace said water districts throughout the region face major infrastructure issues that lead to outages, and those outages can impact people’s health and way of life.

YARDLEY, PA — Government officials in and around Yardley are working to make sure the kind of problems that led to a six-day boil-water advisory in the area don’t happen again.
On Wednesday, the Lower Makefield Board of Supervisors passed a resolution saying that the township will work to make sure high-quality and reliable water service remains available for residents.
The vote comes after residents in Yardley, Lower Makefield and parts of Falls Township were required to boil their water before drinking or cooking from Thursday until Tuesday.
Pennsylvania American Water said "mechanical control issues" at its local water plant lead to water being excessively cloudy.
Cloudy water can be a sign of high levels of dangerous bacteria.
On Thursday, state Rep. Perry Warren, who represents much of the area impacted by the boil-water advisory, said in a Facebook post that he will be working with Lower Makefield and other local governments to follow up on the issue.
He said he plans to write to Pennsylvania American Water officials asking them to address concerns raised by residents.
He urged anyone with specific thoughts to reach out via email at RepWarren@pahouse.net or contact the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
"We will continue to work with local officials, PAWC, the PUC and the DEP to make sure that our drinking water is safe and reliable," Warren said in the post.
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seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% Atlanta, GA (CBS46) The Atlanta watershed department says it did not find any contamination following Monday’s pressure problem at one of the city’s pump stations.
Kishia Powell is the commissioner of the department of watershed management.
As her department sent out confusing notifications, their website crashed, leaving residents confused and potentially at risk.
But didn’t feel she needed to speak directly to the tens of thousands of city residents dealing with the crisis.
But it allows us to ask probing questions while a situation is unfolding.
She says her staff handled it fine.
“So, during the crisis, you feel the public had all the information they needed,” asked the CBS46 Bulldog.
But residential customers and businesses alike were still asking questions late into the night.
CBS46 was told a safety system went off inadvertently.

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 TALATHA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – A boil water advisory has been issued for Talatha rural community water district, for the Kelly Hill area, around 278 and Green Road.
Residents need to boil water for at least 1 min until further notice.
This will be effective until at least 5 p.m. tomorrow.