Boil water notice
@GardenGerty (169505)
United States
June 6, 2023 11:08am CST
A city employee just taped a boil water notice on our door.
Our city sources its water from a spring. It is treated, of course. According to the note all the recent rain has stirred up the water and the chlorine levels are not high enough to be safe.
We are to boil water for cooking and put bleach in our dishwashing water until further notice.
I am glad I got some more bleach last week.
Oh, and discard all ice from our ice machine.
I wonder how long this has been a problem. I was a little sick on Sunday, but Bob was not.
They said that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment will have to issue an all clear.
We can still shower and do other things like cleaning.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
We are on our own to provide for ourself. Several years ago, when I worked for a different school, the town had their water lines break from freezing. The school wanted us back in session and provided bottled water for all at school. It did not affect the town I lived in, but half the town where the school was. They felt the kids were safer in school.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
11 Jun 23
@LadyDuck We pay for our water too.
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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
7 Jun 23
@GardenGerty - We had the bottles delivered until they fixed the problem. We pay for our tap water after all.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
6 Jun 23
I'm glad our city water is pulled from around 500 feet below the surface. It's still treated but I've never heard of a "boil" order here.
I hope you get an "all clear" soon.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
I actually like the spring water, but Mother Nature has been unkind this year.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
11 Jun 23
@DaddyEvil I have had people say that about ours. The lady that used to live here and taught herbal classes said she would not, because of all the agricultural run off.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
7 Jun 23
@GardenGerty When I was still a kid on the farm, sometimes dad would take 25 gallon milk cans and fill them at the local spring and bring them home for us to use instead of the well water. It always tasted better but I'd never try drinking from that spring now.
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 Jun 23
I remember when I lived in Vancouver, after very heavy rains, the silt would get stirred up in the reservoir and we'd have brown water for a day or two. That's when I bought me a Brita pitcher.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
The way I understand what I am reading here that is part of the problem, but my water is not cloudy. They said it might be but that it also messed up the chlorine balance, so we have to boil and also add bleach.
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
7 Jun 23
@GardenGerty Ours was supposedly safe to drink, just brown.
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@toniganzon (77247)
• Philippines
7 Jun 23
We cannot use tap water for drinking, nor for cooking food. We haven't done that for a very very long time. Our tap water is only good for bathing, washing the dishes and doing our laundry.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
They want us to add bleach to the dish water as well. I have boiled water on hand and we will be fine, but I do not want to do it long term. I am sorry you have to.
@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
11 Jun 23
@toniganzon When I was growing up my grandparents had to boil water in order to have any hot water, they drank well water but all other water came from a cistern. This is not really too much of a problem and it lasted just a little more than a day.
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@toniganzon (77247)
• Philippines
8 Jun 23
@GardenGerty we are used to it and we have been living normally like that. So even when we went to other countries, we still avoid drinking tap water.
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@LindaOHio (222623)
• United States
7 Jun 23
What an annoyance. I hope the water clears up soon.
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@LindaOHio (222623)
• United States
8 Jun 23
@GardenGerty Glad to hear that the water is OK now.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
11 Jun 23
@LindaOHio It did not take long to level things out.
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@Scrapper88 (5980)
• United States
6 Jun 23
Every now and then; there is a boil water notice around where I live. I believe it it is a good idea that they do it.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
Do they know what causes it where you are? With us it was more rainy days than usual.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
11 Jun 23
@Scrapper88 I guess it is good they keep us safe.
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@Scrapper88 (5980)
• United States
7 Jun 23
@GardenGerty I do know why they had the water boil notice. They let us know the reason.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
I have never been any place that I had to do this that I remember. It may have happened in my childhood in Oklahoma, though.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
11 Jun 23
@AmbiePam It probably would not hurt us here either, but we are so citified here. I hate it when I go someplace and the reservoir that provides water has "turned over". Everything tastes mossy to me then. At least we do not have that with a spring.
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@AmbiePam (120988)
• United States
7 Jun 23
@GardenGerty Oh, really? That's good. The last time we had a warning, at one point I forgot. After drinking a funny tasting glass of water I looked in the bottom of my glass, and I guess it was sediment? Whatever it was, was in the bottom of my glass. My dad told me to toughen up, it wouldn't hurt me.
I remember I had been trying to clean up after Annabelle, and I just kept absent mindedly reaching for the glass.
I remember I had been trying to clean up after Annabelle, and I just kept absent mindedly reaching for the glass.1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
11 Jun 23
@shaggin Oh, I thought they had to be tested maybe yearly.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
That was how it was at my grandparents. They did have it tested periodically, though.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
7 Jun 23
@GardenGerty ours was done twice once while my grandfather owned the house and once after a flood.
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@snowy22315 (209080)
• United States
6 Jun 23
Oh gee, well isn't that just peachy? Hopefully it won't last long!
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
About the time we get used to it it will be over, I am sure.
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@snowy22315 (209080)
• United States
7 Jun 23
@GardenGerty One time I was living in a town that had an edict like that. It was due to Giardia being found in the water. I am not sure how long it lasted, but it seemed like forever at the time.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
11 Jun 23
@snowy22315 That could be considerably more hazardous, I think.
@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
7 Jun 23
Sometimes it makes you wonder how our ancestors survived without the government telling them what to do. (Yes, to be fair, our ancestors didn’t have nuclear power plants sitting by rivers or toxic waste or other things.)
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
My grandparents had a well on their property for drinking and cooking. They collected rain water in a cistern. Gramma always put bleach in her wash basin, though.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
It is inconvenient more than anything. I am glad there are only Bob and I to worry about at home.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 23
The water needs to be tested here.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
I think there is some kind of a constant monitoring here. I hope your water is okay. I know lots of people who will only drink bottled water. I do not mind boiling it.
@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
11 Jun 23
Yes, it is. Hubby says we could put a drop or two of iodine in it. I reminded him we do not have iodine on hand but that we do have bleach.
@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
You are right on both accounts. It would probably be good to boil water for my coffee maker and ice machine all of the time.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Jun 23
What a bummer. I hope this water issue is resolved soon.
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
I hope so too. It is fairly easy for the two of us to manage here, though.
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
6 Jun 23
Oh now this is important then Heather. Stay safe then xo
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@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
7 Jun 23
My grandparents did, too. I usually keep some water on hand, and it does not take much for just Bob and I. I just do not want to forget and drink tap water, which I am prone to do.
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