Hope Water & Light Boil Order Lifted

HOPE WATER LIGHT COMM
HEMPSTEAD
A PRECAUTIONARY BOIL ORDER LIFT
LIFT DATE: AUGUST 15, 2024
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
LANCE JONES
DIRECTOR
ENGINEERING SECTION, (501) 661-2623
NEWS ARTICLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS HAS RELEASED THE ‘BOIL WATER’ NOTICE
ISSUED ON 8/14/2024 BY HOPE WATER LIGHT COMM FOR THE 25 CUSTOMERS
BETWEEN THE I-30 BRIDGE OVER HIGHWAY 67 WEST IN FULTON AND 3499
HIGHWAY 67 WEST. 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 A COMPLETE LOSS IN
NORMAL SYSTEM PRESSURE.
BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLES TAKEN ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2024 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: Byron Williams BY: Lance Jones ON: 8/15/2024 12:44:44 P