Boil Order Lifted
5/16/2025
GARFIELD WATERWORKS BENTON
A PRECAUTIONARY BOIL ORDER LIFT
LIFT DATE: MAY 16, 2025
NEWS ARTICLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS HAS RELEASED THE ‘BOIL WATER’ NOTICE ISSUED ON 5/14/2025 BY GARFIELD WATERWORKS FOR THE CUSTOMERS ON HWY 127 WEST OF SUGAR CREEK RD NORTH TO HWY 62, ALL CUSTOMERS ON MAIN ST, AND HWY 62 FROM ASHMORE DR WEST TO N WIMPY JONES RD, AND CUSTOMERS IN THE ASHMORE SUBDIVISION. 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, MAY 15, 2025 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.