An advisory to boil water was still in effect Tuesday for a large portion of South County after traces of E. coli were found in the water last week.
The salad bar was closed and cases of water were selling quickly.
“What we’ve lost in seafood sales, prepared food sales, and green sales, we’ve picked up by selling over 35 palettes of water the first day through Saturday,” Belmont Market General Manager Brian McConnell said.
Signs remind customers food is prepared using bottled water.
“We have bottled water enough for kids and staff and kids will also use bottled water to wash their hands and get drinks throughout the day,” Lynn Dougherty, the principal of Wakefield Elementary, said.
Workers with Suez were collecting samples Tuesday and looking for the source of the contamination.
The company expects the boil water advisory to continue for several more days.
“We’re anticipating that this will last through the end of the week and most likely into the weekend,” Deborah Rizzi, Suez spokeswoman, said.
“We’re working as quickly as we can.
“We need the water,” she said.