OTTAWA — The city says the boil-water advisory won’t be lifted until at least after 8 a.m. Thursday. The city has sent water samples to the Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment for testing and is awaiting the results, but won’t receive an update until after 8 in the morning. According to a post on the city’s Facebook page, Wednesday’s incident occurred when compressed air being used for maintenance on the high school’s irrigation system entered the distribution system which prompted the precautionary boil advisory at the recommendation of the KDHE. In issuing the advisory, the city there is no reason to believe there is any contamination and all chlorine residual tests that have done since the incident have indicated the water is safe. However, the city and the KDHE stress that because public safety is their prime objective, they ask people to follow the guidelines outlined in the boil advisory. That includes boiling water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation, or use bottled water. Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic icemaker. Dish washing, laundry and bathing should not pose a threat.
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 5 p.m.
