Southwest Arkansas Water System Lifts Boil Order

SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WATER SYSTEM
HEMPSTEAD
A PRECAUTIONARY BOIL ORDER LIFT
LIFT DATE: AUGUST 19, 2024
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
DEAN GERNON
ENGINEER
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 SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WATER SYSTEM FOR THE
AREAS ABOVE I-30 (MCNAB, SARATOGA, COLUMBUS). 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 THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 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 IN HOPE.
SYSTEM PERSONNEL NOTIFIED: Mike Rogers BY: Dean Gernon ON: 8/19/2024 10:28:55 AM
SANITARIAN NOTIFIED: Key, Tony BY: Dean Gernon ON: 8/19/2024 10:28:55 A