SARTELL — Residents of Sartell Mobile Home Park were notified their water may be contaminated with E.coli bacteria Wednesday night.
That is, if they had water at all.
It urged residents to boil all water first before drinking it.
Tuesday afternoon the home was moved to access the burst line.
However, even when the water is restored the residents will need the state health department to test it to confirm it’s safe to drink, especially with the latest warning of bacteria.
Kim Larsen, district engineer for the Minnesota Department of Health, had not been made aware of the water issue at the park until receiving a call for interview from the Times Wednesday morning.
The inspection found "the current shelter is moldy and it is our understanding that the City of Sartell no longer approves of the plan to shelter."
Inspectors posed action to the park to "provide a flow test" to ensure the system can supply the required minimum of 150 gallons of water a day to each home.
For the water issue this was Aug. 31, 2017; The storm shelter was to be fixed by Dec. 31, 2017.
But now with bacteria and E.coli on the line, residents of Sartell Mobile Home Park should wait until tests come back showing water is clean and drinkable.