PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. — Authorities here are advising residents to boil tap water before drinking or using it for daily needs.
The boil water advisory was put in place after repairs were made to a water main that temporarily shut down, said Don Solga, Pelican Rapids city administrator.
He said the advisory will remain in place until at least Friday morning, Oct. 19, while authorities finish testing water samples.
The advisory is in effect for about 500 homes and businesses south of First Avenue North.
The advisory suggests people boil water and use it once it has cooled for daily needs like drinking, brushing teeth, washing fruits and vegetables, feeding pets, preparing food or baby formula and making ice.
Solga said the advisory could be in place until Saturday, Oct. 20.
Residents will be notified once the advisory has been lifted, he said.
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Water pressure keeps pollutants from entering the underground pipes that bring water to houses and businesses.
You can also buy commercial bottled water for consumption and food preparation as an alternative.
Under a boil water notice, water used for consumption can be disinfected by these methods: Bringing the water to a rolling boil and holding it there for one (1) minute, Using a disinfecting chemical.
If you cannot boil water, you should put eight (8) drops of common household bleach (unscented) which is about 1/8th teaspoon, into one (1) gallon of tap water, then shake it, and allow it to stand for 30 minutes before drinking.
If the water is cloudy, use sixteen (16) drops, about 1/4 teaspoon of bleach instead of 8, shake it, and let it stand for 30 minutes.
There should be a slight chlorine odor.
Use food grade containers.
Using water purification tablets or iodine that many sports and camping stores sell, and follow their directions.

The City of Uniontown has issued a water boil advisory for the area bounded by Hobson Street, Adams Street, Jackson Street, and Sigsbee Street.
Residents may notice cloudy or discolored water due to flushing of lines in regards to this boil advisory.
This advisory will go until further notice, according to Uniontown Police Chief Jeffery Hart.

Residents of Gatineau’s Hull area are reminded that a preventive boil water advisory period begins Saturday, as a new phase begins in large-scale upgrade of the city’s water system.
The advisory is expected to last at least five days.
The Hull water treatment plant is in the middle of a $68-million project aimed at upgrading the aging facility.
Officials expect work, which has been underway since the spring of 2017, to be completed by the summer of 2019.
Affected residents may notice a slight yellowish or brownish discoloration in the water.
Residents of Manoir des Trembles may notice a slight decrease in their water pressure.
Once the preventive boil water advisory has been lifted, cold water taps should be left running for one minute or until the water gets cold before it is used (the same procedure should be followed with water fountains); and any ice made from tap water during the preventive boil water advisory should be discarded.
For more news, residents can sign up for email or text messages from the city at gatineau.ca .
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Corpus Christi (KIII News) — The City of Aransas Pass gave word Friday that a water boil advisory issued to residents one week before has officially been lifted.
The water boil was first issued last Friday after a power outage sent the City’s water storage tanks offline, causing water pressure to drop below-mandated state levels.
Crews flushed out water lines and took water samples to submit to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before getting the green light to lift the advisory.
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Pelican Rapids, Minn. (Valley News Live) Hundreds of people in Pelican Rapids are being urged to boil their water before drinking it.
The city says a water main repair caused the water to go out for 500 homes.
These homes are south of 1st Ave. N. The boil water advisory is expected to be in effect for at least two days.
City officials tell Valley News Live the problem isn’t expected to be fixed until Saturday.
Customers should use boiled water that has cooled or bottled water for: drinking, brushing teeth, washing fruits and vegetables, preparing food and baby formula, making ice, giving to pets, and any other activity that results in the physical consumption of water.

A boil advisory has been issued for several customers in Oakland City, Indiana, due to a water main break.
The Oakland City Water Department says the water main break happened Tuesday morning.
The boil advisory has been issued for customers on W. Division St. between Franklin St. and West St. Customers are urged to bring all cooking and drinking water to a complete boil for 5 minutes before use.
The boil advisory will remain in place until further notice.
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The City of Findlay Water Distribution Department has issued a boil advisory for the 700 and 800 blocks of Winfield Avenue, the 900 block of Parkside Place and the 700 block of Scott Court.

ABERDEEN, Miss.
(WCBI) – A positive test for E. coli in the Aberdeen water supply, prompts a boil water notice and a run on bottled water.
Now, over 5,000 people are trying to find enough water for their daily needs.
When you walk in Subway in Aberdeen, you’ll see this sign on the drink machine and gallons of water stored behind the counter.
“We have dishes piled on top of dishes.
We can’t use the water for dishes, so it’s hard making things hard,” says shift manager, Kisha Hubbard.
coli present at well number seven and we shut it down and it’s off-line right now, so there’s no more contaminated water coming into the system,” says Aberdeen Water Department Supervisor, Jason Roberson.
I have to pull 17 samples and send them back in and see if everything is clear enough to lift the boil water notice.” Until then about 5,500 people-Families, businesses, and schools are having to boil their water or buy bottled water.
“We went to Food Giant and they are out of water.
“It’s always an inconvenience not having the water, so what we’ve done, we’ve purchased 3,600 bottles of water, so we want to make sure that all of our students have at least one bottle of water a day for the next three days, while the boil water notice is in effect.” “If all of the water sample results come back good, Thursday everything will be lifted and everything will be back to normal.” The city of Aberdeen has 11 wells, and as Roberson mentioned, only water from Well 7 tested positive for E.coli bacteria.

CLYDE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Citizens were instructed by the City of Clyde Sunday to boil all water before consumption due to a water main break, according to city officials.
The city announced the boil water notice after the break of a 12-inch water main was discovered, and plans to repair it were made.
Officials still estimate that city water will need to be boiled for at least one more day.
On Monday, Clyde school campuses made announcements asking parents to send their children to school Tuesday with either bottled water or water bottles to be filled with a supply of clean water the schools received Monday.
Students may bring a water bottle (with lid) to school tomorrow.
We have safe water stations set up in each hallway to fill up their bottle.
— Clyde Elementary (@clydeelem) October 15, 2018 Due to the boil ban – we are encouraging our students to bring bottled water to school tomorrow.
Today we had two clean water stations set up and we will do the same tomorrow.
student with a bottle of water or a sports bottle to fill with water tomorrow.
We had clean drinking water brought to all campuses today and will continue to bring water in until the boil water notice is lifted by the city — Clyde High School (@clyde_hs) October 15, 2018 City officials will notify residents when the notice has been lifted.