Do you know your water?
PANOLA CO, MS (WMC) –
The Mississippi State Department of Health issued a boil water alert for residents in Panola County.
Health officials said the water systems at the Pope-Courtland Water Association and the Pope-Courtland Water Association-North lost pressure due to a power outage.
The boil water advisory affects approximately 3,300 customers in Panola County.
When a water distribution system loses pressure, contaminants can flow back into the water. Health officials said any system that loses pressure is considered contaminated until tests prove otherwise.
Officials recommend that all water be boiled vigorously for one minute before consumption.
MSDH issued the following checklist for safe water use:
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COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) – The City of Columbia Water Works has issued a boil water advisory for the customers in Richland County of Longcreek Drive (from Broad River Road to Riverwind Drive), KFC and The Hollow Apartments.
The City of Columbia is repairing an eight-inch line. This could possibly result in bacterial contamination to the water in the affected areas.
The City of Columbia Water Works is currently working to fix the problem.
Customers in the area are asked to vigorously boil their water for one minute prior to drinking or cooking until further notice.
If you have any questions, you are asked to call the Lexington/Richland County Environmental Services at 803-896-0620.
Residents can also call the City of Columbia Customer Care Call Center at 803-545-3300.
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WECT) – A boil advisory that had been in effect for portions of Bladen County has been lifted, according to Randy Garner of Bladen County Public Works.
The advisory originally was put into place after a lightning strike near a well Tuesday morning.
Customers in the Lisbon and East Arcadia areas were affected.
WARREN TWP., Ohio – A boil advisory is in effect in Warren Township after a water main break.
The following streets are affected by this boil advisory: Burnett Road, Manhattan, Riverside, Fisher, Diehl South, Park Road, and Woodview Circle.
Those who live in these neighborhoods are advised to boil their water being used for drinking and/or ingestion for three to five minutes until further notice.
The water main break happened 6:30 p.m. Monday.
WARREN TWP., Ohio (WYTV) – The Trumbull County Sanitary Engineers issued a boil advisory for Warren Township after a water main break.
The advisory, which was announced Tuesday evening, will be in effect until further notice.
Trumbull County Water customers who live on the following streets in Warren Township are affected by the advisory:
Customers should take precaution and boil tap water used for drinking at a rolling boil for three to five minutes.
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) — A boil water advisory has been issued for Crepe Myrtle Drive and other streets in the area.
The precautionary advisory has been issued for Crepe Myrtle Drive, Crepe Myrtle Court, Barnes Street, and Mimosa Drive.
All customers are advised to boil their drinking water until adequate pressure is restored to the system. Water should be brought to a rolling boil for one minute for the following: cooking or baking, making ice cubes, taking medication, brushing teeth, washing food, mixing baby formula or food, mixing juices or drinks feeding pets, washing dishes and all other consumption.
City officials will notify residents when the advisory has been lifted.
The towns of Sainte-Thérèse, Blainville and Boisbriand, as well as areas in Mirabel and Rosemère have lifted their boil-water advisory.
Sainte-Thérèse had issued the preventive measure Monday because of an “automatization problem” with the water distribution pump.
The break happened Monday at the Rosemère sewage treatment plant that serves all Laurentian towns concerned.
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – The City of Shreveport Department of Water & Sewerage has lifted a boil advisory issued Monday for customers in the 3100 to 3500 blocks of Fairfield Ave. after a water main blowout at Stephenson St. that required water service to be cut off.
The broken main caused water to gush from beneath the street Monday in Shreveport’s Highland neighborhood.
It happened in front of the Catholic Center at Fairfield & Stephenson St., leaving nearby residents with little or no water pressure.
Repairs were completed Tuesday and the city says water samples have been tested for microbiological quality and ruled out the presence of coliform bacteria.
Months after massive water contamination in the city of Flint, Michigan drew national headlines, residents in the area are still relying on bottled water — but donations of purified, filtered water have plummeted.
At the peak of donations, Food Bank of Eastern Michigan president Bill Kerr told ABC 12, the organization was sending out up to 50 semi-trailer trucks a day. Now it’s sending an average of seven.
“You know, we’re not at the peak of the media’s attention right now and you know, quite honestly, the water in the state it is, where the water is drinkable in Flint now as long as you use filters, there is less need in some peoples’ eyes for bottled water,” Kerr told the station. “We will continue to supply water to the community as long as it’s needed.”
Flint residents told ABC 12 they still don’t trust municipal water supplies.
“The water’s not good now,” Steve Bryant said. “They’re saying it’s OK to drink, but it’s not. No, I don’t trust them. They lied before and they’d lie again.”
“We have to find a good balance of letting kids be kids and not dealing with what we have to deal with as parents — of being scared of the water,” Bobbie Nicks told theDetroit Free Press.
“We’re going to be on bottled water until we hear different, but even then we might not trust it,” Nicks added. “These are our children we got to worry about.”
The water crisis has resulted in at least 315 state and federal lawsuits, targeting private engineering companies involved in managing Flint’s water supply as well as state agencies and officials including the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and Gov. Rick Snyder, Crain’s Detroit Business reported.
According to the CDC, children younger than six who drank from the city’s water lines while they were connected to the infamously polluted Flint River had a 46% higher chance of unsafe lead levels in their blood. Lead poisoning in children is linked to a wide range of devastating conditions, including lowered IQ, antisocial behavior, immunotoxicity and organ damage.
Inquiries into the cause of the crisis revealed state officials knew of the unsafe drinking water, as well as failed to properly treat it with chemicals that would prevent pipe corrosion in order to save money and delayed notifying the public.
While bottled water donations are already down, it may be years until Flint residents will have a safe alternative. A review by Gov. Snyder’s office suggested the process of replacing the 20,000 to 25,000 suspected corroded pipes may ultimately cost at least $60 million and take up to 15 years.