Boil Water Advisory Lifted for Remaining 4 Towns
Outdoor watering ban still in effect for entire county.
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New Jersey American Water (NJAW) lifted the boil-water advisory for Aberdeen, Highlands, Holmdel and Middletown Monday evening.
The four towns were the last required to take precautionary steps after a water main failure at the NJAW treatment facility at Swimming River Reservoir on Friday. The entire county was placed on a boil water advisory Friday evening, which was revised to 22 towns on Saturday and Aberdeen, Highlands, Holmdel and Middletown on Sunday.
Water distribution at Middletown High School North ended Monday with the advisory lifted, according to a release issued by Monmouth County. Over 210,000 gallons of water were distributed at both Middletown high schools and Wolf Hill Park in Oceanport, according to NJAW External Affairs Manager Richard G. Barnes.
An outdoor watering ban remains in effect for the entire county. The ban has been deemed necessary to ensure and adequate water supply for area firefighters, according to the release.
jerseyswamps
4:59 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
How come we were advised to boil water one minute and then suddenly it is OK to use, right now. No further action of any kind needed? If the water was really a problem then why were we not advised to now let the water run to flush the system of all this bad, harmful water? I don't believe it ever needed to be boiled. That advice was put out to keep the alarmist quiet.
Mrs. JSwamp
7:21 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The water companies are required to test the water supply for levels of harmful ingredients. During times of low flow, the level of bacteria is increased in the ratio to the water. One would expect that our Board of Health was involved in determining that the levels of harmful ingredients are safe again.
jerseyswamps
9:08 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
OK, Mrs. J,
But that does not explain why they did not tell us to flush the system IF the water was bad.
Kathleen Capolongo
1:32 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The whole problems was poorly managed and information was poorly disseminated. The water main break happened shortly after noon on Friday, was reported in the news by about 5 PM yet no formal statement was made public, at least in my town. Unless one visited the water company website you were in the dark. We get those "Nixle" messages when the ball field is too wet for practice but nothing when there exists the possibility of a cholera outbreak. Hyperbole there. Our local police told callers who asked about the problem after reading news reports on Friday why there was no formal notification and were told that they would not be notifying residents until they were told to do so by the county. Great. The only information about flushing out home water pipes after the boil water advisory was lifted was here in the Patch. Nothing about it on the water company website and no information of that type from the municipality. An epic failure of communication.
milton McC
6:28 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Marlboro never was under the boil water directive
Gary Parent
6:44 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Better safe then sorry I say. I'm sure most of the water was okay. I'd be curious to see some test results around the county, Wondering what was the bug that they were so worried about?
Sal
8:04 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Wait a freaking minute___STOP and THINK____I thought the local water utilities that bill us and provide water to our homes were supposed to be treating and filtering the water?????
IF (BIG IF) the local utilities are treating and filtering the water___ as they are supposed to be doing___and charging us for doing___then why would it not be safe to drink???
Itchy Foot Moe
8:21 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
I stopped and thought for a freaking minute, and it really wasn't that hard to figure out the fact that the water main breaking on the distribution side of the supply line AFTER the water had been treated just *may* have had a little something to do with the water possibly being contaminated *after* it was treated.
S Talarico
10:36 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
When there is not full pressure coming through the mains, there is the possibility of seepage of other stuff through joins in the water lines. Full pressure in the lines keeps other stuff from creeping in. The water was being treated, as always, but the pressure drop creates the problem. Got this from a chemist at NJAWC.
mariano
12:43 pm on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Are we able to use water to drink in long branch
tpaige
8:18 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012
I'm more interested to know why the risk was known one year ago and nothing was done? Is it because of a lack of competition or crony capitalism?