LAKE CITY, SC (WBTW) – City officials with Lake City issued a boil water advisory this morning for certain areas.
The advisory is for the following streets: Williamsburg Avenue, Blanding, Street Taylor Street, lyerly Street , Peachtree Street, Pine Street , Singletary Avenue Rogers Avenue, Carolina Avenue, Lake Street, Valley Street Charles Street, Acline, Saul Street The advisory was issued after public work officials worked through the night to replace a fire hydrant that was installed back in 1919.
The advisory is expected to last until Friday morning.

Last week, City Manager Michael Joyal announced the city had taken the Ireland Well that draws from the Pudding Hill Aquifer offline after it found an increasing concentration of perfluorinated compounds.
However, it exceeded those levels of 70 parts per trillion earlier this month.
Out of caution while the city’s water consultants study the contamination issues, the city also decided to take a Pudding Hill Aquifer well offline as well, even though that well wasn’t showing any signs of contamination.
While the Pudding Hill Aquifer makes up the largest source of public drinking water, it being offline does not in use does not immediately affect the city’s water needs, said Keith Pratt of Underwood Engineering that consults with the city on its water supply.
Before Dover stopped drawing from the Pudding Hill Aquifer, the city could supply a little over 5 million gallons of drinking water daily.
In addition to the water sources, Dover also has two water tanks it to help manage its supply.
If the supply were to get tight, the city could set up an emergency connection with Somersworth through connecting existing fire hydrants in short order, Pratt said.
Joyal told the council that a similar link was set-up during the Mother Day Flood of 2006 where Dover supplied Somersworth with an emergency connection.
But in the long term, Storer said the Pudding Hill Aquifer is a critical piece to Dover’s drinking water supply.
Hydrogeologist John Brooks of Emery & Garrett Groundwater Investigations, the firm that assists the city with testing the area for pollutants, said that Schnizer has been open about the pollution issues have been working collaboratively with the city on the contamination challenges.

SALEM, Ore. — Salem city officials announced Monday they would leave a water advisory in place for another two weeks, as they continue to test and refine new treatment methods.
City Manager Steve Powers told reporters the city is investing $2 million to remove toxins from the water.
City officials stressed that the carbon absorption system is a short-term solution to toxic algal blooms at Detroit Lake.
Powers says they will look into different long-term solutions, like an ozone filtration system, that would cost between $20 million and $30 million.
Joan Gonzalez, who also lives in Salem and was filling up a water jug, says she has spent at least $40 on bottled water.
Still, city officials chose to extend the water advisory for two weeks.
Several people included in that vulnerable population live at Lancaster Village Senior Center where staff say they have spent thousands on water since the crisis started.
“We have people who are on dialysis; we have people whose immune systems are very weak,” said Judy Belt, manager at the senior center.
They attributed it to drinking the water before we knew it was toxic.” Belt says they have spent an extra $5,000 to $6,000 on water and extra labor costs since the water crisis began.
Lancaster Village has bottles for their residents to drink and a large tank for bulk water use in the kitchen.

Due to a failed electrical relay,the city of Cusseta-Chattahoochee County is under a boil water advisory that is according to the city manager.
Water is slowly coming back online, but all residents within the "Old City Limits" should adhere to the boil water advisory until further notice.
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The City of Shinnston has been undergoing a water line replacement project, according to City Manager AJ Hammond.
"The contractors are currently working very close to the old line, the proximity of the lines coupled with the heavy rain fall over the past few days have resulted in challenging working conditions.
This is a temporary issue, as the project should resolve many of the issues," Hammond said.
Shinnston water customers, from Enterprise into Shinnston, are under a boil water advisory until further notice.
Anyone with questions is asked to contact Public Works at (304) 592-6017 or (304) 623-6559 during after hours.

After a major pipe break occurred at the McAlester Water Treatment Plant last Friday, City Manager Pete Stasiak said the city was told Wednesday that its water test results were negative and steps could be taken to lift the precautionary boil advisory.
A notice from the city said "all test samples have come back negative and the voluntary precautionary boil advisory is now lifted" Wednesday afternoon.
“That would prove that we don’t have any electrical issues.
That would also double what we can pump to the city and give us some backups.” Stasiak commended the people working to resolve the issues.
“There were a lot of dedicated people in this to make all of this work.” Pittsburg County Emergency Management announced Wednesday afternoon that a precautionary boil advisory remains in place for Rural Water Districts 6, 7, 9 and 16.
Jarred Ruegamer, the lead operator at the McAlester Water Treatment Plant, told the McAlester News-Capital on Tuesday that the pipe burst at a previous PVC patch on the 20-inch line early Friday morning near the old water plant.
Ruegamer said the crews contacted the Department of Environmental Quality, the city, and other management early in the process before the water supply levels were “basically empty on everything” by noon.
The crews located the valves and isolated the break to allow the pump nearly an hour to start pumping about 6,000 gallons per minute back into the city.
Several fire departments responded to the fire; Public Service Company of Oklahoma checked the power, and the situation was under control by about 6:30 p.m.
The website states the plant started operating in 1983 and operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week.

Putnam selectmen give town administrator OK to be involved with WPCA.
The board had decided before interviewing for the job that the new town administrator would take a hands-off approach to the WPCA.
“I know when I was hired one of the directions from the Board of Selectmen was that I wasn’t going to have any involvement with the WPCA,” Calorio said.
“Ultimately, the town does have some overall responsibility with the WPCA, and I’m asking permission to get involved in some of that overarching higher level support.” Deputy Mayor Alma Morey agreed if Calorio′s primary role is to improve communication and provide oversight for the town, it makes sense for her to get more involved.
Public Works Director Jerry Beausoleil handles the day-to-day management of the effort and will continue to do so, but the town contracted with Suez in early 2016 to run its water and sewer systems.
Calorio said Suez is essentially a vendor and all vendors need to be supervised and that’s something she should be involved with.
Previous Town Administrator Doug Cutler was highly involved with the WPCA during its six-year transformation, which included an $18.8 million upgrade to the sewer treatment plant, $3.8 million invested in drilling eight new wells to ensure adequate water supply, $15.4 million in new water lines and another $5.04 million for a manganese treatment plant.
The water lines are still in the process of being installed and the manganese treatment plant is about a year away from being completed.
Cutler’s oversight of the WPCA was so detailed a small portion of his salary came from the organization.
“Doug was overly involved in the WPCA,” Mayor Tony Falzarano said.

Casella, DEP formalize agreement for new water line in Charlton.
Telegram & Gazette Staff @BLeeTG The towns of Southbridge and Charlton, along with Southbridge landfill operator Casella Waste Systems and the state Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday signed an administrative consent order that calls for Casella and the state to each pay up to $5 million for a water line from Southbridge to a Charlton neighborhood with contaminated private wells.
As part of the agreement, Casella, doing business as the Southbridge Recycling & Disposal Park at 65 Barefoot Road, has withdrawn its request that Southbridge compensate Casella approximately $2 million for testing of groundwater and for bottled water the company has been providing to some Charlton residents.
Importantly, the agreement provides public water to residents affected by contamination, and officials in both towns are encouraging the Charlton residents to sign up for what will be free hookups to the system.
“I’ve never seen state government come in and so openly try to help towns,” Mr. San Angelo said.
Mr. San Angelo explained that Southbridge can borrow at a lower cost than the company.
Southbridge and Charlton already have an agreement for Southbridge to supply water to Charlton.
In a modification to the municipal agreement, Charlton will own all of the infrastructure for the water line into the Charlton neighborhood near the landfill.
Municipal water is the only feasible solution to the contamination in the neighborhood, eliminates every contaminant currently found in the private wells, and stops the contamination from spreading from our septic systems.
Further, it does nothing to address other neighborhoods in danger of being contaminated, and whose residents are not receiving municipal water, in Sturbridge in Southbridge, Mr. Jordan said.

Voters in agreeable mood at Town Meeting, OK all articles.
All articles were passed by a unanimous vote.
Thanks to the funds, Westfield Recreation Complex will see five new bleachers for softball fans to comfortably watch games and practices, Philip E. Lukey Park will receive a full rehabilitation including new playground equipment, and Spillane Field will see a new concession stand, ticket booth, and sound system.
A unanimous vote allowed the meeting to quickly proceed with six articles that are voted on every year including the approval of this fiscal year’s revolving funds and the return of unused funds from completed CPA projects.
An increase of 2.4 percent above last year’s contribution to the Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical School budget faced questioning from residents who were concerned that Wareham should be focusing more on the public schools within the town.
It drew some nays from voters, but was still passed with a majority vote.
The Finance Committee explained in the report that towns that have implemented this bylaw, including Sandwich and Duxbury, have actually seen improved attendance at Town Meetings and found that meetings are more productive since they don’t have to wait for a certain number of people to be present to start.
A revision to the Unaccepted Way Bylaw was finally approved, allowing Wareham a more streamlined approach for dealing with private streets that are open for public use.
Wareham’s Community and Economic Development Authority was approved to be reorganized and potentially replaced by a more traditional Redevelopment Authority after being deemed unproductive.
This plan will be presented at a future Town Meeting for approval.

Chico >> It’s city budget season again.
The City Council will hear the first budget presentation for the 2017-2018 fiscal year on Tuesday.
City Manager Mark Orme will provide an overview of the General Fund and budgets for police, fire, city manager, city clerk, city attorney and administrative services/finance departments.
However, council members may have questions or topics they would like city staff to consider or prepare before the final budget is presented for review on June 6.
The meeting starts 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 421 Main St.
Oxidation pond access Also at the meeting, bird-watching enthusiasts may have a chance to regain access to the holding ponds, also known as the oxidation ponds, at the Water Pollution Control Plant.
Fencing was deemed too costly by city staff with a $143,000 price tag and other priority projects.
City Public Works Operations and Maintenance Director Erik Gustafson is recommending the city work with Altacal Audubon Society and seek state approval for occasional restricted public access for bird viewing activity.
Rare birds, fowl that are only spotted every five to 20 years, are often spotted at the ponds.
About the Author Ashiah Scharaga covers general news and government in Chico.