SPRING TOWNSHIP, Pa. – A boil water advisory issued Wednesday for parts of Berks County has been lifted.
Pennsylvania American Water said in a release Sunday roughly 6,500 customers in Spring Township, Sinking Spring, Wyomissing, Lower Heidelberg Township and South Hiedelberg Township no longer have to boil their water before use.
The state Department of Environmental Protection authorized the lifting of the advisory after acceptable test results were obtained from samples collected on Friday and Saturday.
The advisory had been issued on October 10 after a water main break off Mountain Home Road in Sinking Spring which caused a loss of positive water pressure.

A boil water advisory was issued for some residents of Prudence Island.
E. coli bacteria was found in a sample collected from the storage tank of the Prudence Island Water District.
The advisory covers as many as 700 residents.
The Rhode Island Department of Health posted a list of streets covered by the advisory.
The state Department of Health said the water district recommends that customers boil vigorously, for at least one minute, all water used for consumption.
Customers can also use bottled water.
The boil water advisory does not apply to residents with private wells or on Prudence Park Water Coop.
Customers with questions can call the Prudence Island Water District at 401-285-6192.

Callaway County continues to exists in a D3 status, or extreme drought, according to the recently updated U.S. Drought Monitor map.
The next meeting of the Drought Assessment Committee, part of the state Department of Natural Resources, will be 2-4 p.m. Thursday at the Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive in Jefferson City.
Thirty counties are in D2 or greater status.
This is the same number of counties last week.
Three counties remain in D4 status.
This is the same number of counties last week.
Sixteen counties are in D2 status, severe drought, an increase from 15 last week.
Forty counties no longer are in D2 or greater status.
As drought conditions continue, residents are strongly encouraged to report livestock stress, crop damage, and low water in ponds and streams by submitting information using the Missouri Extension Drought Impact Reporter at bit.ly/2OdCcHd.
Information will be used to assess conditions in each county and to inform drought maps provided by U.S. Drought Monitor for Missouri (bit.ly/2C2nm4j).

@JoeOcalaNews Well water is OK but sometimes doesn’t look that way All may be well with Reddick-Collier Elementary School’s drinking water, but the school district will continue providing bottled water to the campus for the time being just to be safe.
That news led the school district to start supplying the school with bottled water, even though the original water wells have never been contaminated.
Last week, district officials told the School Board it was time to shelve the bottled water plan because it leads students, parents and staff to think that the drinking water is not safe.
“I prefer that we keep the bottled water.” School District spokesman Kevin Christian said the district will continue to supply the school with bottled water.
The problem was that the two 4-inch wells did not supply enough water for the school, especially when dishwashers were added and used constantly.
8, they found arsenic in the water and had to drill two more times.
Those last two wells, No.
10, were tested and believed to be fine.
Through it all, the district’s original wells, drilled in 1993, have never shown any signs of surface water contamination.
That sediment builds up in the water lines leading from two original water wells dug 25 years ago, when the school was built.

[Brett Le Blanc / Daily Commercial] @JoeOcalaNews Well water is OK but sometimes doesn’t look that way All may be well with Reddick-Collier Elementary School’s drinking water, but the school district will continue providing bottled water to the campus for the time being just to be safe.
That news led the school district to start supplying the school with bottled water, even though the original water wells have never been contaminated.
Last week, district officials told the School Board it was time to shelve the bottled water plan because it leads students, parents and staff to think that the drinking water is not safe.
“I prefer that we keep the bottled water.” School District spokesman Kevin Christian said the district will continue to supply the school with bottled water.
The problem was that the two 4-inch wells did not supply enough water for the school, especially when dishwashers were added and used constantly.
The district decided to drill two new wells, referred to as No.
When tested, those wells showed surface water contamination.
Those last two wells, No.
10, were tested and believed to be fine.
Through it all, the district’s original wells, drilled in 1993, have never shown any signs of surface water contamination.

KEAAU, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) – The state Department of Health has notified the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation of possible water violations in their water system, a company spokesperson said Saturday.
The notification came after water samples from a water well in the Keaau system tested positive for E. coli bacteria.
"The problem was discovered on September 21, 2018.
Since that time, the water may not have adequate disinfection and may pose a risk for customers," the corporation said in a news release Saturday.
Additional tests are being conducted to figure out the extent of the problem.
At this point, the corporation says no Mauna Loa mac nut products were affected by the contaminated water, and no product recalls have been issued.
Residents seeking more information on the situation may call Lotus Pond Communications at (808) 551-1649.
This story will be updated with new details as they become available.
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Video LONGSWAMP TWP., Pa. – A boil water advisory is in effect for some in eastern Berks County.
Homes at Mountain Village in Longswamp Township have been affected by a well pump failure.
According to a state Department of Environmental Protection notice posted on the office door, a pump failed Tuesday and electricians have been called.
In the meantime, residents are being told to boil their water before drinking it.
They can also get water from a tank near the entrance to the community.
"We gotta come down here to the water truck to get water, but this is not the first time this has happened," said resident James Ward.
"This is — it’s crazy."
Some residents of the nearby Hereford Estates in Hereford Township are also complaining of water problems.
Our calls for comment from management have not been returned.

ADAMS — It could be the middle of next week before Adams residents can drink tap water or cook without boiling it first, as testing continues to be sure the system is clear of suspected contamination.
Results of water samples taken Thursday, after steps to disinfect the system with chlorine began, are expected back Saturday.
But because the DEP normally requires two consecutive days of clear test results, monitoring is likely to continue into next week, according to John Barrett, superintendent of the Adams Fire District.
The boil order is forcing Adams restaurants to stop serving tap water and taking precautions with foods cooked in water.
It’s not anything a business wants to go through," Bartlett said.
Ben Acquista, owner of The Daily Grind nearby on Park Street, said his restaurant received lots of calls from people asking whether it is serving coffee.
"I was boiling water all day," she said.
Bottled water was supplied.
The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Hartman said the store has 24 pallets on hand in a variety of bottle sizes, with store personnel available to help customers lug away their purchases.

Five years after Beaver Falls Municipal Authority — a water utility that serves 50,000 Pennsylvanians — discovered elevated levels of a likely human carcinogen, the utility has not taken steps to address the problem, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review of water records shows.
Although the utility was aware of these high levels, it did not warn residents of the potential dangers of drinking its water or take steps to reduce dioxane levels, according to multiple employees.
The utility has not tested for dioxane since then — and it has accumulated numerous other water testing violations in recent years.
In 2013 and 2014, Beaver Falls Municipal Authority was one of several water utilities required to test for the unregulated contaminant 1,4-dioxane.
*The Beaver Falls Municipal Authority average was taken from 2013 and 2014 test results.
In 2013, the EPA required all large water utilities — systems serving more than 10,000 people — to test for this substance.
Beaver Falls included the dioxane results in its 2013 drinking water quality report, but did not inform residents that the elevated levels of the chemicals could increase their risk of cancer and other health problems or tell them what the EPA’s dioxane advisory level is.
Because dioxane is “unregulated” — and, as a result, Beaver Falls’ high dioxane level did not constitute an EPA violation — the water authority didn’t have to.
Both Ms. Price, who worked at the plant in 2013, and Mr. Riggio said Mr. Stevenson never spoke to them about the high dioxane result or expressed concerns about the health problems the chemical can cause.
Under Mr. Stevenson’s leadership, the plant did not test for dioxane after 2013 and 2014 — the only years the EPA mandated testing — according to Beaver Falls water testing data, even though water utilities typically have to continue monitoring unregulated contaminants that water tests find in high quantities, according to Ms. Price.

NEWBURGH – The City of Newburgh has filed a federal lawsuit over its contaminated water supply.
The suit, filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday, against 23 defendants that have manufactured and sold PFAS, or owned and/or operated the Stewart Airport Air National Guard Base and the airport to clean up the contamination in the city watershed and pay for the city’s continued supply of clean water until the cleanup is completed.
The city wants those responsible for the contamination by the chemical once used in firefighting foam at the Air Guard Base, to clean up the watershed.
The rebate issue has been pushed by Mayor Torrance Harvey for several months.
Newburgh is also asking the court to award it punitive damages against the manufacturers.
Over two years ago, the city shut down its main water source, Washington Lake, and has been drawing water from the Catskill Aqueduct with the state picking up the tag.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has installed a granulated activated carbon filtration system for future treatment of Washington Lake water.
But, testing by the state on Washington Lake using a similar carbon filtration system revealed the carbon was less effective for short-chained PFAS.
The state has committed to filtering PFAS to “non-detect” levels, but documents to the city do not yet reflect that commitment.
The Catskill Aqueduct will be shut down for repairs for 10 weeks beginning on October 2, but City Manager Michael Ciaravino said Newburgh will not use Washington Lake during that period “because of the ongoing contamination of the drinking watershed, inadequate treatment, and lack of standards.” Instead, he said the city would use its backup water supply, Brown’s Pond, which has been determined to be safe to drink, but he warned that could run short if the Town of New Windsor also uses Brown’s Pond during the shutdown period.” Among those entities being sued are the US Air Force, State of New York, airport operators and manufacturers of the PFAS products.