Boil Water Advisory Issued for the City of Coffeyville and Montgomery and Labette County Rural Water Districts
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a boil water advisory for the City of Coffeyville and their purchasing public water supply systems located in Montgomery and Labette Counties. The purchasing public water supply systems are listed below:
The City of Dearing Montgomery RWD 2C A Labette RWD 6
Montgomery RWD 14 Montgomery RWD 2C B Montgomery RWD 1C
Customers should observe the following precautions until further notice:
Boil 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.
If your tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the water run until it clears.
Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.
Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled. Supervision of children is necessary while bathing so that water is not ingested. Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.
The advisory took effect on January 26 and will remain in effect until the conditions that placed the systems at risk of bacterial contamination are resolved. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of high turbidity at the Coffeyville water treatment plant. High turbidity can lead to a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.
Regardless of whether the public water supplier or Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced a boil water advisory, only KDHE can issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory.
For consumer questions, please contact the water system at 620-252-6132, or KDHE at 785-296-5514. For consumer information please visit KDHE’s PWS Consumer Information webpage: kdhe.ks.gov/waterdisruption
