Boil Water Advisory
Public Water District # 2
Patrons of the West System Only
Brandsville and Junction Hill Systems not included
City of West Plains System not included
All patrons of Public Water Supply District #2 from the West System will have to boil their water until further notice, as a precautionary measure beginning on Monday, March 6th.
I.E. rural water patrons southwest of West Plains. This is because of maintenance being done at 7 AM Monday, March 6th on the water tower, which will cause the tower to be taken offline for a few hours. The water tower is being drained, cleaned, inspected, and sanitized. (Chlorinated) Then the tower will have to be filled back up with fresh water while the well pump continues to pump into the distribution lines to supply water to all the patrons. Anytime maintenance is done on a water line or tower, it could cause possible water contamination, requiring the need for everyone to boil their water! Even if you don’t lose water pressure, you still must boil your water until safe samples are received from the tank. The maintenance/inspection is planned to be completed sometime the same day and the tank is to be completely filled by sometime the next day. This boil order does not include patrons in the Junction Hill System or the patrons of the Brandsville System or the patrons in the city of West Plains.
Water must be boiled until further notice, i.e. until after samples have been tested and safe results are received from the Department of Natural Resources. Water must be boiled anytime repairs are made and the system must be sampled and safe results received from the lab at DNR before we know if the water is safe to drink.
To ensure the safety of the water, customers should boil water vigorously for three (3) minutes prior to use for cooking or drinking. Customers also can disinfect food contact surfaces (dishes) by immersing them for at least one (1) minute in clean water containing at least fifty (50) parts per million (ppm) free chlorine. Adding one (1) teaspoon of unscented household chlorine bleach to each gallon of water (or 1.3 milliliters of bleach per liter of water) should result in a solution with more than fifty (50) parts per million (ppm) free chlorine, provided the water is free of hydrogen sulfide and significant levels of dissolved metallic and organic compounds.
For more information, contact Robert Hatley at the District’s office, at (417) 256-8871.
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT #2 HOWELL-OREGON
Robert Hatley, Water Operator
