CUC had strongly recommended that customers boil the CUC Saipan water before drinking.
Based on the latest information from CUC, between Nov. 7, 2018 and Nov. 20, 2018, CUC personnel tested 90 samples for coliform and E. coli bacteria from all areas of the Saipan water system.
All samples contained adequate levels of disinfection and none of the samples contained coliform bacteria.
The notice was distributed on Dec. 6.
CUC also reported that the water supply on Tinian has been stabilized.
CUC’s Tinian customers were notified on Oct. 27 about the water system being disrupted by Yutu.
A similar recommendation to boil CUC Tinian water before drinking was also issued.
Between Nov. 6 and Nov. 28, CUC personnel tested 11 samples for coliform and E.coli bacteria from all areas of the Tinian water system.
All of the other 10 samples were free of bacteria.
With the Tinian water system providing daily water service to the entire island, it is no longer necessary to boil the water before drinking.