Oyster Radio: PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER NOTICE LANARK VILLAGE/CITY OF CARRABELLE WATER SYSTEM, PWS# 1190414

TO: RESIDENTS OF LANARK VILLAGE

THE CITY OF CARRABELLE WILL BE MAKING REPAIRS TO A WATER LINE IN LANARK

VILLAGE ON THURSDAY JANUARY 6TH FOR MOST OF THE DAY AND A LOSS OF

WATER PRESSURE WILL BE EXPERIENCED DUE TO THE REPAIR. YOU WILL BE

WITHOUT WATER FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

What should I do?

AS A PRECAUTION, WE ADVISE THAT ALL WATER USED FOR DRINKING, COOKING,

MAKING ICE, BRUSHING TEETH, OR WASHING DISHES BE BOILED. A ROLLING BOIL OF

ONE MINUTE IS SUFFICIENT. AS AN ALTERNATIVE, BOTTLED WATER MAY BE USED.

RESIDENTS ARE ALSO ADVISED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN BATHING,

ESPECIALLLY IMMUNOCOMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS, INFANTS, OR THE ELDERLY.

What happened? What is being done?

A LOSS IN SYSTEM PRESSURE COULD CAUSE BACKSIPHONAGE OF CONTAMINANTS,

SUCH AS E. COLI BACTERIA, INTO THE WATER SYSTEM. WATER CONTAINING E. COLI

BACTERIA CAN BE CONSIDERED SAFE FOR DRINKING AND COOKING AFTER

VIGOROUSLY BOILING THE WATER. DISEASE SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY THESE

BACTERIA MAY INCLUDE DIARRHEA, CRAMPS, NAUSEA, AND POSSIBLY JAUNDICE,

AND ANY ASSOCIATED HEADACHE AND FATIGUE. EPA HAS SET AN ENFORCEABLE

DRINKING WATER STANDARD FOR E. COLI TO REDUCE THE RISK OF THESE ADVERSE

HEALTH EFFECTS. UNDER THIS STANDARD ALL DRINKING WATER MUST BE FREE OF

THESE BACTERIA.

THE WATER SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY COLLECTING SAMPLES TO DETERMINE IF THE

PRESENCE OF E.COLI BACTERIA EXISTS WITHIN THE WATER SYSTEM. THIS

PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER NOTICE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE PROBLEM

HAS BEEN CORRECTED AND A BACTERIOLOGICAL SURVEY SHOWS THAT THE WATER

IS SAFE TO DRINK. THE ANTICIPATED DATE FOR RESCINDING THIS NOTICE IS (DATE).

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY CONTACT: KEITH MOCK AT 8502519106 OR

1001 GRAY AVENUE, CARRABELLE, FL 32322 .

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