Video WARE, Mass.
(WWLP) – Ware residents are going on their 5th day of having to boil water but the advisory could be lifted as early as Thursday.
Although the town is still urging all residents to boil their water, the advisory could be lifted as early as Thursday, after test results come back.
Ware Town Manager Stuart Beckley told 22News, "Those will be back by tomorrow, which is Thursday, and if they come back negative, then the DEP will tell us how to proceed from there."
Schools in town are also taking precautionary measures.
Residents are urged to boil the water for at least a minute.
Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, food preparation, and brushing teeth.
I haven’t noticed any difference in that.
Many businesses, like Dunkin Donuts have had to close in Ware, due to the advisory.
Ware residents urged to boil water before usage after E.coli detected in sample

The Environmental Protection Agency is making $20 million available for states and tribes to voluntarily test drinking water for lead at schools and childcare facilities.
Skye Borden, state director of Environment Montana , said it’s important for educational institutions to test for the chemical, which is especially harmful to children.
They also need to report the results.
"I think it’s important for parents, teachers and students to be able to easily access information about the water quality in their school," she said.
Borden’s group contributed to a recent report on school drinking water across the country including in Montana, Colorado and Utah.
It concluded that the problem is more pervasive than previously thought.
"One thing that we do see, that can be an issue in western towns, particularly ones with a legacy of mining.
The more acidic your water is, the more likely you are to have leeching from lead pipes," said Borden.
To participate in the grant program, states must submit a letter of intent to the EPA by January 11, 2019.

HARARE – Some bottled water producers have rejected a report by the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) investigators that their water was unsafe for drinking, saying the State agency was making “false allegations”.
In the report, Ema said 11 out of 17 bottled water brands which they had tested contained high levels of heterotrophic plate counts (HPC).
The HPC, the report said, are above Standards Association of Zimbabwe (Saz) acceptable drinking water limit of agar plate count per millilitre of 100.
Dairibord Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (DZPL) — who are into manufacturing and marketing of liquid milk, food and beverage products and whose product range include Aqualite Mineral Water — said in a statement yesterday its bottled water was a Saz-certified mineral water “bottled under world class manufacturing conditions.” “The Saz certification is an endorsement on the safety of Dairibord Aqualite as Saz undertakes its own independent verification,” the Antony Mandiwanza-led behemoth said.
During processing, every batch is tested in order to provide extra assurance to our valued customers.
“We are therefore ready and willing to go through testing and verification with anyone who doubts our safety and quality claims on Dairiboard Aqualite.
As a mineral water, Dairibord Aqualite has the added advantage in that it contains essential minerals that contribute to the sustenance of good health.” Tanganda Tea company secretary Henry Nemaire said the company’s bottled Tinga mira water drawn from a spring situated in Chipinge had undergone various independent and government laboratory tests and came out clean.
It is a standard that promotes excellency in sustaining biodiversity and people and consumer livelihoods.
“It is a standard that promotes excellency in sustaining biodiversity and people and consumer livelihoods,” he said in a statement.
“In accordance with requirement of our Rainforest Alliance certification, the raw Tinga mira spring water is subject of annual tests and the most recent such laboratory examination of the raw Tinga mira spring water was carried out by Ema on April 9, 2018.

The funding will provide advanced support and assistance for communities to combat emerging contaminants, as the State prepares to take the important step of setting enforceable drinking water standards for the emerging contaminants PFOA, PFOS, and 1,4-dioxane.
This funding will ensure communities have the technology and support they need to provide their residents with quality drinking water, creating a safer, healthier New York for all."
We want to make sure that communities have the resources they need to make upgrades to their water treatment systems and ensure the health and safety of residents."
$185 Million Available With today’s announcement, $185 million in grant funding will be available to communities across the state seeking to upgrade their drinking water treatment systems to address the emerging contaminants PFOA, PFOS, and 1,4-dioxane.
In addition to grant programs, the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation administers the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, which offers zero or low-interest financing to communities to further reduce the cost of water infrastructure projects.
Grant applications and additional information are now available here.
The grant awards are as follows: Plainview and Greenlawn Water Districts: $369,000 in grant funding Suffolk County Water Authority: $222,205 in grant funding Hicksville Water District: $162,330 in grant funding Technical Assistance Governor Cuomo has directed the New York State Water Quality Rapid Response Team to provide immediate technical assistance to communities interested in assessing system needs and applying for grant funding.
Drinking Water Quality Council The New York State Drinking Water Quality Council will meet on Wednesday, October 17 at 10:00 AM to address the recent federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry report recommending new minimum risk levels for emerging contaminants like PFOA and PFOS, as well as discuss ways to address a broader group of related per and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals.
The $2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2017 continues to help local governments pay for water infrastructure construction projects, address water emergencies, and investigate and mitigate emerging contaminants to ensure access to clean, drinkable water for all New Yorkers.
Part of that investment includes the WIIA and IMG programs which, since 2015, have provided $480 million in grant funding supporting nearly $1.9 billion in total project costs for 290 vital drinking and wastewater infrastructure projects in New York State.

For September 2018, the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, provided the following update as part of the department’s monthly report on long-term drinking water advisories: One long-term drinking water advisory was lifted by the Cowichan Tribes in British Columbia on September 12.
The community completed repairs to their water treatment system and back-up power system to restore the supply of clean drinking water.
One long-term drinking water advisory was lifted by Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation on September 28.
Additionally, one short-term advisory that was at-risk of becoming long-term was successfully lifted: Shamattawa First Nation in Manitoba lifted a short-term advisory on September 4 after repairs were made to the community’s water treatment system.
Seventy-one long-term drinking water advisories have now been lifted from public water systems on reserve since November 2015.
Work is already underway to end the remaining 69 long-term advisories, close the gap in water and wastewater infrastructure, and prevent further short-term advisories from becoming long-term.
Four long-term advisories were lifted in September, with 71 having now been lifted since November 2015.
Minister of Indigenous Services Quick Facts A drinking water advisory becomes long-term when it has been in place for over a year.
There were 105 long-term drinking water advisories on public drinking water systems on reserve in November 2015.
Budget 2018 provided an additional $172.6 million over three years to help accelerate progress on lifting drinking water advisories and to ensure more infrastructure projects can be completed prior to 2021.

MORE than 20 million people still face the problem of safe drinking water although the Awami League in its 2008 national elections manifesto, iterated in the 2014 manifesto, pledged safe drinking water for the entire population by 2011.
Yet salinity and arsenic contamination still remain major challenges for the government to meet seven years after the deadline.
The Department of Public Health Engineering seeks to claim that 87 per cent of the people have access to safe drinking water, considering the availability of water within 150 metres.
A public health engineering official is reported to be saying that a report in 2015 shows that 87 per cent of the people are under the safe water coverage, keeping to the Millennium Development Goals, but the same report in 2017 shows the coverage to benefit 56 per cent of the population as the Sustainable Development Goals has changed the definition of safe water.
WaterAid Bangladesh says that more than four million people are still out of the basic water coverage because of salinity, arsenic contamination and poor supply network.
Moreover, despite the government’s mitigation of arsenic contamination by a good measure, dropping from 23 per cent in 1993 to 12 per cent in 2014, salinity increased in a vast area that covers 19 districts.
The phenomenon, largely attributed to effects of climate change, forces a day-labourer who earns Tk 200 a day to spend Tk 20 on water every day.
A former DPHE chief engineer, referring to the multiple indicator cluster survey that the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF conduct, says that 1.90 million people living in 61 districts are still at risk of arsenic contamination.
A World Bank report in 2016 shows that 22 per cent of the tube wells of the country have arsenic contamination.
The ruling party’s election pledges about safe drinking water for all by 2011 have failed, as the government has not made much of efforts on the front, making them nothing but political rhetoric.

The City of Jackson Water/Sewer Utilities Division issued a precautionary water boil advisory on Friday afternoon.
According to officials, the boil advisory affects around 100 drinking water connections, in the areas of River Oaks Blvd.
blocks 2300-2501, River Oaks Place, Northtown Road, Northtown Circle, N. Mill St. blocks 1400-2299, Wesley Avenue and McTyere Avenue.
A press release from the city said "This notice does not mean that your water is unsafe, but it does mean that you must take precaution and boil your water before use," adding that customers should boil their drinking water until adequate pressure is restored to the water system.
Water should be brought to a rolling boil for one minute before giving it to your pets and if using it for cooking, baking, ice cubes, taking medication, brushing teeth, washing food, mixing baby formula or food, mixing drinks and washing dishes.
The boil advisory will remain in affect until further notice.

Stoughton officials say the drinking water is safe to drink after contaminants were found in a raw water sample on Sept. 26.
The Stoughton Water Department, which routinely tests the supply, stressed that the water from the Muddy Pond Well (05G) that tested positive for E.coli was in the raw water supply.
It is important to note that samples collected on Sept. 26 in the distribution system to taps did not detect any fecal contaminants.
Fecal indicators are used to detect ground water sources that may be susceptible to fecal contamination which may contain harmful viruses or bacteria, if left untreated.
The finished water collected from the Muddy Pond Station and all 15 distribution samples that were taken were clear, according to the officials.
It will take further actions as necessary.
This is not an emergency, and residents do not need to boil your water or take other corrective actions.
The EPA supplies the following information on fecal indicators, which are microbes that indicates water may be contaminated with human or animal wastes, according to the EPA.
They may pose a special health risk for infants, young children, some of the elderly, and people with severely compromised immune systems.
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Video CONWAY, SC (WBTW)- The Conway wastewater plant is operational again, after flood waters temporarily shut down the plant, and allowed untreated water to flow into the Waccamaw River.
People who live down from the Conway Water Treatment Facility are dealing with flooding from Florence and effects from the water treatment facility being shut down.
The CEO of Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority said due to the heavy flooding Tuesday, the Conway facility had some electrical issues and was non operational for 24 hours.
"The water was flowing from the City of Conway now keep in mind most of the water that’s coming through the treatment plant is river water to begin with," said Fred Richardson, CEO of Grand Strand Water and Sewage Authority.
"It would be good to know what kind of long term effects this will have.
It goes under their porch over there next to it and as you can see from down here they have the water inside.
What’s that going to be like, how are they going to clean inside their house if that water is contaminated," said Braziel.
Braziel said the same thing happened during Hurricane Matthew.
Grand Strand Water and Sewer said they don’t expect to have to shut down again, but they do anticipate an increase in water flows.
DHEC said they are not testing water right now because they expect flood waters to be contaminated with high levels of bacteria.

Rather than sending water samples to laboratories and waiting days for results, this new test can be administered locally to obtain answers within hours, according to new research published by The Royal Society of Chemistry, August 2018.
"Drinking water contaminated with E. coli is a major public health concern," said Sam Nugen, Ph.D., Cornell associate professor of food science.
"These phages can detect their host bacteria in sensitive situations, which means we can provide low-cost bacteria detection assays for field use—like food safety, animal health, bio-threat detection and medical diagnostics."
The luciferase is fused to a carbohydrate (sugar) binder, so that when the bacteriophage finds the E. coli in water, an infection starts, and the fusion enzyme is made.
After the bacteriophage binds to the E. coli, the phage shoots its DNA into the bacteria.
"That is the beginning of the end for the E. coli," said Nugen.
The bacteriophage then lyses (breaks open) the bacterium, releasing the enzyme as well as additional phages to attack other E. coli.
Said Nugen: "This bacteriophage detects an indicator.
"Phage-based detection technologies have the potential to rapidly determine if a water source is safe to drink, a result that serves to immediately improve the quality of life of those in the community through the prevention of disease," he said.
DOI: 10.1039/C8AN00781K