Today Hope Water and Light have been able to lift the “boil water notice” upon receiving notification from the results of a water sample taken on Sunday deemed fit for human consumption.
HOPE WATER LIGHT COMM
HEMPSTEAD
A PRECAUTIONARY BOIL ORDER LIFTLIFT DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2021
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
DEAN GERNON, ENGINEER
ENGINEERING SECTION, (501) 661-2623NEWS ARTICLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS RELEASED THE ‘BOIL WATER’ NOTICE ISSUED ON 2/20/2021 10:02:24 PM BY LES PATTERSON FOR THE HOPE WATER SYSTEM WITH EXCEPTION OF THE OAKHAVEN AREA. 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 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2021 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 PUMP MALFUNCTION.
SYSTEM PERSONNEL NOTIFIED: Les Patterson BY: Dean Gernon ON: 2/23/2021 9:50:17 AM
SANITARIAN NOTIFIED: Key, Tony BY: Dean Gernon ON: 2/23/2021 9:50:17 AM