The school, along with all city of Ottawa water customers, remained under a boil order advisory until at least Thursday morning.
Photo by John Jared Hawks/The Ottawa Herald Providing healthy water for consumption was a top concern in Ottawa Tuesday and Wednesday after the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued a boil water advisory.
City officials said Wednesday morning a water sample was sent to KDHE lab in Topeka and they were awaiting the results.
City officials said any updates will be released when they become available.
The Ottawa school district provided bottled water Wednesday for students and staff as a cautionary measure, Dr. Jeanne Stroh, superintendent, said Wednesday.
We had great students at the middle and high schools who also helped.
We had all the water delivered about 7:30 a.m. or a quarter to 8.
We don’t want anybody to get sick.” Starbucks, located inside Price Chopper, 120 E. 19th St., Ottawa, was closed Wednesday because of the boil order, and will not reopen until it is rescinded, a manager said.
“We are pretty much dried up,” he said Wednesday morning.
There is always a run, people need water.” Waymire said Price Chopper provided bottled water to Ransom Memorial Hospital and Ottawa University.