West Concord residents told to boil their water
by Hannah Yang, originally posted on January 20, 2017
WEST CONCORD — The city of West Concord is under a boil advisory after a malfunction in its water main system Friday morning.
At 8:42 a.m., West Concord officials notified residents through social media that there was a citywide water issue. Two hours later, a boil advisory was issued and will remain in effect until Saturday morning.
Administrator Theresa Booms, portions of the city’s water system lost pressure, leading to a well water pump malfunction,
The water system was back in operation on Friday afternoon, and another pump was being utilized to maintain pressure. Booms said that the Minnesota Department of Health visited West Concord to collect samples and to conduct tests to see if there were any contaminants in the water.
“Test results will come probably tomorrow morning,” she added.