Boil Order Lifted

By Submitted , 02/24/20 8:25 PM

BODCAW RURAL WATER SYSTEM
HEMPSTEAD
A PRECAUTIONARY BOIL ORDER LIFT
LIFT DATE: FEBRUARY 24, 2020
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
DAVID SOHMER
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST
ENGINEERING SECTION, (501) 661-2623
NEWS ARTICLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS HAS RELEASED THE ‘BOIL WATER’ NOTICE ISSUED ON 2/11/2020 9:43:55 AM BY JAMES MAY FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. THIS ORDER WAS ISSUED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT CONTAMINATED WATER MAY HAVE ENTERED THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF COMPLETE LOSS IN NORMAL SYSTEM PRESSURE.
BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLES TAKEN ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020 WERE FOUND TO BE ‘SAFE’ AND A SATISFACTORY DISINFECTANT LEVEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. THE WATER IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED ‘SAFE’ FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND THE ‘BOIL WATER’ NOTICE IS HEREBY LIFTED.
THE BOIL WATER ORDER WAS DUE TO MAIN BREAK.
SYSTEM PERSONNEL NOTIFIED: James May BY: David Sohmer ON: 2/24/2020 1:20:12 PM
SANITARIAN NOTIFIED: Key, Tony|Michael Byram BY: David Sohmer ON: 2/24/2020 1:20:12 PM