ROGERS (KFSM) — A precautionary boil order has been issued for customers east of the Highway 12 Bridge in Benton County.
The boil order applies to all residents served by the Benton County Water Authority No.
The order is the result of routine maintenance of water storage tanks that provide water to customers of Water Authority No.
5, according to Judy Lewis, manager of Water Authority No.
Water used for drinking, cooking, ice, brushing teeth or washing dishes should be boiled briskly for one minute prior to use.
Once the results come back stating the water is safe, the order will be lifted.
She said customers likely will have to boil their water through the weekend.
5 serves 580 customers east of the bridge and along the Hobbs State Park border.
Some of the roads include Railroad Cut road, Pullum Place, Coppermine, Larue Road, Park Road, Low Gap, Huckleberry, Rambo, Timberland Trail and Key Road, among others.
Those with questions can call the office at (479) 877-9364.

High water in the Garner’s Creek and Sam Hollow Road area; and at the Piney River and Highway 48 in Dickson County.
Chris Gadd, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Customers using the Vanleer Water Works system are under advisory ”effective immediately and until further notice” to boil their tap water due to pipe breaks during the storm yesterday, according to local emergency management officials.
Staff with the Dickson County Emergency Management Agency and other Vanleer volunteers are handing out bottled water Sunday at the Vanleer Fire Department.
EMA Director Rob Fisher said the Vanleer Water Works system “took some hits” with several underground water main breaks in the last 24 hours.
The water mains remain under water due to the heavy rainfall last week and are delaying crews ability to repair the water lines, Fisher said.
He said water from the system, which serves over 1,000 customers in Dickson County as well as Montgomery and Houston counties, might not be usable for 3-4 days.
First, repairs must be made, then the system will be backflushed and prepared for use again, Fisher said.
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Fire officials say there is a power outage at the wells, and it will last all week.

Results from water-quality tests are expected by Friday evening after an overnight water main break and leak under the Great Miami River that left thousands of residents without water or with low water pressure.
The affected line was located just west of the Keowee Street Bridge, a spokesperson for Dayton says.
But a boil advisory remains in effect for parts of Montgomery County.
Approximately 30,000 service connections, or around 75,000 residents, are in areas affected by the boil advisory.
Montgomery County Health Commissioner Jeff Cooper says the boil advisory is a precaution.
"We’re asking all individuals to adhere to it until test results come back confirming that there is no contamination," Cooper says.
County officials also invite residents to call a helpline to find out whether your address falls under the current boil advisory: 937-781-2688.
UPDATE at 10:50 a.m.: City spokesperson Bryan Taulbee says the following Kroger locations will be distributing donated bottled water to those affected by the city’s water outage beginning at 11:30 a.m. Thursday: 3520 W. Siebenthaler Ave. 1934 Needmore Rd.
UPDATE at 10:00 a.m.: City officials say Dayton’s widespread water outage was caused by a leak in pipes under the Great Miami River.
— The City of Dayton has issued a boil advisory for Montgomery County water customers using the Dayton water system.

Customers are also encouraged to ensure their contact information is accurate to receive important water service information should weather impact water service.
According to Mike Smyth, vice president of operations, Illinois American Water has invested in water main replacements across the state to decrease main breaks, but weather can still be a factor.
This is why it’s so important we can reach our customers should a water emergency occur.” During water service emergencies, Illinois American Water contacts customers either through in-person notification, door hanger or a customer notification system called CodeRED.
Customers who do not have Internet access can contact the customer service center at 800-422-2782 to update their contact information.
They will receive Illinois American Water alerts and public safety information sent by local organizations using CodeRED.
If pipes freeze customers should: Shut off the water immediately and not attempt to thaw frozen pipes unless the water is shut off.
He says, “By simply running a thin stream of water, especially overnight when temperatures drop significantly, and taking other precautions, customers can help prevent frozen pipes and meters.
This prevents unnecessary no water calls which require our team to visit a premise.” In addition, the Company is taking steps to limit cold weather exposure.
Smyth says, “There is nothing more important to Illinois American Water than ensuring our team is safe, therefore we are conducting emergency work only at this time and doing all we can to keep our colleagues inside.
About Illinois American Water – Illinois American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately 1.3 million people.

Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company (Kiwasco) has advised its clients against treating tap water with chlorine to avoid consuming too much of the chemical.
Kiwasco, in a message to more than 200,000 clients, said it had taken sufficient measures to treat the water abstracted from Lake Victoria, which is reeling from pollution due to rotting water hyacinth.
Years of infestation of the weed in the Winam Gulf, from where Kiwasco extracts water at Dunga Beach, has led to a rise in iron levels in the water.
Kiwasco said it had increased its treatment regimen of the heavily contaminated water and warned that further treatment at home could turn the water brown and expose users to ill health.
“We therefore advise customers not to post-chlorinate Kiwasco water, as this will lead to coloration of the water.
Growing concern Although the firm explained that the iron in the water pumped into homes was within accepted levels, concern grew over the accuracy of the claims.
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Early symptoms include fatigue, weight loss, and joint pain.
Excessive iron is never recommended for digestion; it can lead to stomach problems, nausea, vomiting and other issues, reads an article by the World Health Organisation.
Mr Odongo said rotting hyacinth used up oxygen on the water and released toxic metals such as iron, adding that aeration and removal of the metal was proving costly.

Though water pressure has been restored following a main break, customers of the Jefferson Regional Water Authority in portions of Montgomery County should continue to boil water for drinking and cooking as a precaution through Tuesday afternoon, according to officials.
A water main break Sunday on Soldier’s Home Miamisburg Road affected 1,500 customers of the water authority based in Miamisburg, said Tara Rinehart, the system’s office manager.
Rinehart said the boil advisory is out of an abundance of caution and offered a guideline.
“I would suggest once it comes to a rapid boil, allow it rapidly boil at least a good 10 minutes,” she said.
“This again is just precautionary.
We have our water being tested constantly and also we have residences we will be pulling samples from.”
Jefferson Regional Water Authority of Montgomery County has issued a boil advisory due to a water main break Sunday.
Water used for consumption and cooking should be boiled before use, according to a release.
Customers who are without water or have low pressure should be restored Sunday.
The boil advisory will be in effect until further notice, the release stated.

Crews planned to work through the night on the broken pipe.
For more than 30 hours, she went without water at her home in Willow Glen, a subdivision of semi-detached and single-family houses in Ontelaunee Township, because of a water main break in an embankment along Route 61.
About 400 customers in Willow Glen went without water service from about 4 p.m. Monday through late Tuesday.
"It’s like I am living in the ‘Little House on the Prairie,’ " Cavosi said Tuesday afternoon, while water service was interrupted.
The leak was caused by a 2-inch chlorine pipe that accompanies the main, said Kim Mazur, RAWA’s director of operations and maintenance.
"We will do whatever we have to do to make it work," she said.
As repair work stretched into Tuesday, RAWA asked the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for an emergency permit to divert water from a fire hydrant in the township to provide water to Willow Glen as a contingency, Murray said.
There are a variety of causes of RAWA’s water main breaks, and though the system has some aged pipes, particularly in some city locations, age isn’t necessarily to blame, Murray said.
Some lines have lead-based joints, not mechanical joints, that can separate if the ground moves, according to Murray.
In August and September, RAWA repaired breaks to two major mains under Route 61 in Muhlenberg Township that feed water to much of northern Reading, and Murray blames the ruptures on construction work in the area by a third party he would not name.

The Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission (LCWSC) said the city of Clinton issued an advisory at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12.
The LCWSC said the city is a primary source of water distributed in its system and has extended the advisory.
Customers on numerous roads from Highway 49 near I-385, along stretches of Highways 72 and 76, are among those impacted.
LCWSC posted a map on its website showing an area that included roads in Laurens, Cross Hill, Mountville and Waterloo.
Click or tap here for a list of roads.
Customers in the affected area are advised to boil water for at least one minute before drinking or cooking.
This includes water that will be frozen into ice.
The notice remains in effect until further notice.
Anyone with questions is asked to call 864-682-3250.

Kerr is treasurer of the Martin County Water District, a utility that’s made national news amid reports of poor water quality and long outages that have left hundreds of families without running water for days at a time.
The crisis?
Whether people in this mountainous and economically distressed region will have access to clean, reliable and affordable drinking water in the coming years.
You’re gonna start seeing these things pop up all over the country.” While Martin County has received more attention than other water districts, people from across Eastern Kentucky tell similar stories: brown water coming out of their taps; outages that leave families struggling to bathe their children; water bills that keep getting higher, leaving people in one of the poorest parts of the country wondering how long they’ll be able to afford city water.
In some cases, districts refused to raise rates gradually even at the request of the Kentucky Public Service Commission, the state agency that regulates most utilities in Kentucky.
We can’t take out a loan,” Kerr said.
“Grants, anything like that we can get our hands on, yes, absolutely we’ll get every dollar that we can.” Sandra Dunahoo, chair of the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority and commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Local Government, offers a more optimistic story of water infrastructure in Kentucky.
Then-governor Paul Patton made a plan to provide adequate and clean drinking water to every Kentuckian by 2020, saying “An adequate source of safe, clean drinking water is nothing to get upset about unless you don’t happen to have any; then it becomes a matter of life and death.” Much of that progress has come from projects funded by low-interest loans through state and federal agencies, and through grants awarded by organizations like the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Since 1990, the authority has awarded about $597 million through a federally assisted wastewater revolving loan fund, and more than $717 million through a safe drinking water revolving loan fund, along with more than $48 million of grant money.
In some districts with high rates of water loss, including districts in Floyd County, Martin County and Harlan County, residents have reported spending days without running water.