The City of Dubuque has lifted a boil water advisory in place since Sunday.
For the kitchen staff at Mount St. Francis in Dubuque, there is no such thing as an easy day.
It prompted city officials to issue a boil advisory, during which water customers are instructed to boil tap water before drinking it or using it for cooking.
In some cases, staffers have used bottled water to clean produce.
In other cases, they have had to boil water and wait for it to cool before using it to wash food.
We are just finding a way to deal with it.” For a while, Tabor recalled, the water main break disrupted water pressure to the point where Mount St. Francis effectively had no water at all.
Under an advisory, the city recommends that residents use only boiled or bottled water for drinking, cooking, making ice or brushing teeth.
The results from Sunday’s samples were received Monday afternoon and did not have coliform bacteria.
Connie Pickel lives on Golden Eagle Drive in Dubuque, which is within the boil advisory area.
“I am worried about things like washing my dishes and my clothes,” she said.