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Boil water advisories lifted in Atchison and Doniphan counties

By Brian Hagen

11/19/2021

(KAIR)--Two local area boil water advisories have been lifted, with state officials finding no contamination in the water supplies.

According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Friday, the boil water advisories, one for the City of Lancaster water supply system, located in Atchison County, and the other for Doniphan County Rural Water District No. 3, have both been rescinded.

The advisories were issued because of a loss of pressure in the two water systems, with failure to maintain adequate pressure possibly resulting in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.

According to KDHE, laboratory testing samples collected from both the City of Lancaster and Doniphan County Rural Water District No. 3 “indicate no evidence of bacteriological contamination and all other conditions that placed the system at risk of contamination are deemed by KDHE officials to be resolved.”

The advisories were issued Sunday due to what KDHE calls “a loss of pressure in the Atchison County Rural Water District 5C’s distribution system.”

It’s from that district, which serves the City of Lancaster, that Doniphan County Rural Water District 3 purchases its water.

A boil advisory was first issued for the Atchison County rural water district, but that was rescinded Tuesday.

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