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Boil water advisory lifted
By Taylor Messick
Last Updated: May 18, 2017

On May 12, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued a boil water advisory for Park City and Bel Aire that has now been lifted.

The advisory was issued because of an electrical failure that led to a loss of chlorine residual. Two failures occurred at the Chisholm Creek Utility Authority, which resulted in KDHE issuing the advisory. The first problem was that the injector pump for chlorine quit working. The other malfunction occurred in a computerized system that monitors the chlorine levels in the water and notifies the necessary parties if there is an issue. That system was down at the time of the injector pump issue and did not recognize or report any problems with the chlorine levels.

A number of precautions were given to Park City and Bel Aire water customers. The main precaution said to boil water for one minute prior to drinking it or cooking with it. Customers were also advised to throw out ice cubes and to not use automatic ice makers. They were told to add a teaspoon of bleach per gallon of water in order to do dishes. Bathing was said to be fine as long as water was not ingested. If running water looked cloudy out of the faucet, customers were advised to let it run clear before use.

The boil water advisory was lifted the following day on May 13. Water samples were tested at a certified laboratory and indicated no evidence of contamination. KDHE also deemed all other conditions that placed the system at risk of contamination to be resolved.





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