Municipal water mains located under city streets may have been compromised during the erosion.
Western Upper Peninsula Health Department is issuing a precautionary boil water advisory for any person who is aware that their water service line has been damaged or is experiencing loss of water pressure or discolored water conditions.
Residents and businesses, including food establishments, in the Houghton County area may be affected.
If the water is not clear, DO NOT DRINK THE WATER, only drink or cook with bottled water.
Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, coffee, pop or other beverages, and preparing food until further notice.
If the water is clear, you can bring the water to a boil, let it boil for one minute, and let it cool before using, or use bottled water.
Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water.
Instructions are available in English, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese.
A copy can also be faxed or email to you upon request.
Another notice will be issued when the boil water advisory has been lifted.

CPC immediately informed gas stations selling the bottled water to recall the product.
CPC said the Ionic water was manufactured by the Da-yi Biotechnology Corportation (達誼生物科技公司所).
The expiration issue was unearthed when the Taiwan Quality Food Association (TQF) visited Da-yi on June 13 for a routine inspection and discovered that a trace mineral concentration was still being used despite a June 2017 expiration date, according to CNA.
The expired materials were used in production on Aug. 19, 2017, Aug. 21, 2017, and March 26, 2018.
CPC emphasized that tests are being administered to determine the safety of microorganisms and plasticizers in the water in accordance with official hygiene standards and protocol, however the company is not worried about the safety of the product but are taking responsibility for the situation.
In the future CPC will reinforce their product safety standards.
CPC has currently sold 1,862 cases of effected water and has a remaining 1,322 cases in storage.
Consumers are eligible for a refund on the Ionic water as of June 17 if one the following three criteria are met: 1.
A receipt for Ionic water purchased between Aug. 1, 2017 and June 16, 2018 2.
The Ionic water bottle, full or empty, with an expiration date between Aug. 1, 2018 and June 16, 2019 3.

Battle Creek city officials have lifted a drinking water advisory after reviewing 52 test results looking for elevated levels of manganese.
The advisory was lifted at 3 p.m. (Photo: Trace Christenson/TheEnquirer) All but the four samples tested at levels below the acceptable U.S. Environmental Protection Agency health standard for manganese, which is a naturally-occurring element, Fleury said.
The advisory was issued after a test of a hydrant in Springfield showed levels of 0.98 parts billion of manganese.
Officials said they believe the levels were high at the hydrant because it was used infrequently.
The four elevated results were at wells at the city’s Verona Pumping Station.
However, none of those wells are directly feeding the city’s water distribution system, Koehn said.
The city plans to work with the state Department of Environmental Quality on manganese filtering at the plant, and with the state Department of Health and Human Service on further testing, including when hydrants are flushed.
The city’s drinking water advisory was in effect for infants since Thursday after city, county and state officials alerted the public about elevated levels of manganese found in the city’s drinking water.
Earlier Saturday, the city also said those with a liver condition should consider not drinking the tap water.
In response to the advisory, the city gave away 6,785 cases of water to 3,500 families Fleury said Saturday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Residents in several southern Iowa counties now have access to clean drinking water after a weekslong water-boil advisory was lifted Saturday, the Southern Iowa Water Rural Association said in a news release.
The drinking water advisory had been implemented after the 12-Mile Treatment Plant at Creston Water Works had a failure in its membrane filtration system.
Customers were warned that the water could contain bacteria, viruses and parasites.
The water association advised customers to use boiled or bottled water.
The boil advisory affected residents in Adair, Madison, Adams, Union, Taylor, Clarke, Ringgold and Decatur counties.
It is unclear whether those customers will have a reduced water bill because of the advisory, which lasted 16 days.
Hy-Vee had donated 20,000 gallons of bottled water at the Creston, Bedford and Mount Ayr stores, while its supplier partners, Pepsi Beverages Co. and Anheuser-Busch, donated more than 6,000 gallons of bottled water to southern Iowa communities impacted by the boil advisory and drinking water warning.

The Southern Iowa Rural Water Association posted on its website Saturday that the advisory had been lifted for all of their customers.
The drinking water warning was placed June 1 after the 12-Mile Treatment Plant at Creston Water Works had a failure in its filtering system.
Nine Iowa counties were affected by the advisory and starting the night of June 10, cities started getting access to drinkable water again.
Ringgold County’s rural areas were the last to have the advisory lifted.
For the past 16 days, people under the advisory had to use boiled or bottled water for drinking, making ice, washing dishes, brushing teeth and preparing food.
Hy-Vee donated 20,000 gallons of water to people in the affected areas.
Residents were also concerned over the growing cost of the outage.
Dan McIntosh, general manager of the SIRWA and Creston Water Works’ treatment plant, said the board would have to discuss billing and costs for impacted customers but added that water was "still available."
In an update released by the association, Kevin Glick, owner of Service Techs on the west edge of Creston, was recognized for volunteering his time and fuel to the cause, flying samples to Storm Lake on at least four separate occasions.
SIRWA said because of these efforts, they were able to lift the advisory much earlier.

The following statement was issued: "Given further information from a limited number of studies – and out of an abundance of caution – adults and children with known, significant liver disease may wish to consider using bottled water for anything they eat and drink, until further notice."
——————————————————— BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — When Martiyah Cummings learned about the high levels of manganese in the water, she drove to the Public Works Office Friday afternoon to pick up a case.
“I’m glad that the city is giving out this water,” said Cummings after placing the water in her vehicle next to her infant in the backseat.
“I just found out about this location but I’ve been telling people about other locations.” The City of Battle Creek said they are distributing water for a second consecutive day at nine locations around the area including City Hall, the police department and six fire stations.
“We’re re-sampling the areas that we’ve been asked by the Department of Environmental Equality, re-sampling for manganese,” said City Manager Rebecca Fleury during an interview at the Public Works office.
In total 50 locations were tested on Friday.
“But remember this is not a ‘boil-water’ situation at all.” Fleury said they ordered 64 skids of water.
However cases will be available at the police department and fire stations.
“Were being above and beyond cautious and proactive for our community,” she said.
1 priority.” Monday – Friday: Battle Creek City Hall, 10 N. Division St. (8 a.m. – 5 p.m.) Battle Creek Dept.

I love bottled water.
It’s so, well, portable.
That said, I’m giving up bottled water.
Heading down to Truro on The Cape a few weeks back, I stopped at a Ben & Jerry’s on Route 6 to use the restroom.
I learned, on the bottle, that: Americans use 50 billion disposable bottles a year.
It takes 6 ounces of oil to make and deliver a 20-ounce disposable water bottle.
Disposable water bottles can take over 400 years to decompose.
Thanks for the papers Thanks to Lorrie Kenney of Attleboro for a copy of The Irish Times from Dublin.
So you’re so smart… Last week I bet you couldn’t tell me what popular website is named after the No.
Now, I bet you can’t tell me what British schools are removing from classrooms because students can’t read them.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Calhoun County health officials are determined to learn this weekend if the tap water there is safe for everyone to drink.
High levels of manganese were detected in the water, making contact with the water dangerous for infants.
The discovery has been scary to many people affected, sparking numerous of questions and rumors about who is safe to drink the tap water.
"I’m definitely not going to drink water out of the tap,” Wayne Hawley said, “I wouldn’t want any of my family members to drink it if it’s not safe."
Food for infants should be prepared with bottled water, because high manganese levels can cause developmental issues.
“She just turned one on May 26."
Van Vranken says most pets can drink local tap water without any risk.
"First off, it’s probably more healthy as well, because you don’t quite know where your water is coming from in the pipes,” Lowe said.
“But, it’s not that hard once you get used to it."
Officials are reminding people to not boil their water; it only makes manganese levels worse.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Battle Creek city leaders said babies should not drink the tap water in the area after recent tests turned up high levels of mineral that can be harmful to young kids.
The Calhoun County Public Health Department detected high levels of manganese in the water and parents rushed to fire stations around Battle Creek to get their hands on free bottled water.
The warning is new territory for local health officials who have never dealt with the issue before.
I’m a first-time mom so I wasn’t sure about what was going on."
Manganese is a metal found naturally in food and water, but it can be dangerous to infants if consumed at high levels.
Any water used for an infant’s food needs to come from a bottle until further notice.
Fluery said the high levels of manganese were discovered during routine fire hydrant flushing.
Duboise “My sister has five kids so we’ll be here quite often.” Public health officials say there’s no reason to panic and said most people are OK to drink the tap water, but warn that infants should not.
For more information about manganese and your health, please contact the Calhoun County Public Health Department hotline at 269-969-6852.
The water distribution will be at the city’s fire stations and at these three locations: Battle Creek City Hall, 10 N. Division St. – 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday Battle Creek Department of Public Works, 150 S. Kendall St. – 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday Battle Creek Police Department, 20 N. Division St. – 8 a.m.-8 p.m. seven days per week The times from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week at city fire stations 1-6: Fire Station 1, 195 E. Michigan Ave. Fire Station 2, 145 N. Washington Ave. Fire Station 3, 222 Cliff St. Fire Station 4, 8 S. 20th St. Fire Station 5, 1170 W. Michigan Ave. Fire Station 6, 2401 Capital Ave. SW You can also go to the Battle Creek city website for information about water distribution.

CBS NEWS – A group of women in Flint, Michigan, is stepping up to help those affected the city’s ongoing water crisis, which they say the state has failed to address.
When things weren’t getting better, Johnson reached out to Alpha Kappa Alpha’s corporate office for help, and they delivered a $10,000 gift.
The regional arm matched the funds.
When the water woes first began, the group raised nearly $80,000 from sources all over the country to help the city’s citizens.
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and Chief Public Health Advisor Pamela Pugh, both members of the sorority, cheered the latest donation.
Flint’s troubles began in April 2014 when the city’s water source was switched from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to the Flint River, which resulted in lead contamination and other issues.
While the state says the system hasn’t had levels of lead exceeding the federal limitfor nearly two years, residents are still using faucet filters or bottled water because an ongoing mass replacement of pipes could spike lead levels in individual houses.
"We are back, not as bad as we were, but we’re still in the situation where our homes don’t have clean drinking water," Johnson said.
"We will keep going until the crisis is over."
Alpha Kappa Alpha will kick off its latest water drive, thanks to the latest $20,000 donation, on June 30.