Boil Water Advisory Lifted for Middletown
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.
John
9:42 pm on Monday, July 2, 2012
The water company cannot provide water; the electric company can't keep the lights on...what next? The NJ infrastructure is crumbling.
mhilsky
12:57 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
I ran the water in my house for 1 hour and it is still disgusting. I'm not touching it!
jerseyswamps
4:50 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
How can they advise us to boil water before use one minute and then suddenly say it is OK to use, right now. If we really needed to boil water in the first place then how come we are now not advised to let the water run for a long time to flush the system of all this bad, harmful water? I don't believe it ever needed to be boiled. They just said that to keep the alarmist quiet.
Michael C
6:15 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
That is because the DEP REQUIRES them to scare the hell outta you in case on person drinks the water and gets a bad case of the squirts from it and decides to sue. Just another example of big govt "Keeping you best interests at heart!". What a crock! Imagine how much better things would be if the govt minded their own biz and let companies actually do their jobs?!
Karen Blackbourn
8:04 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Perplexing......
If you dwell on this stuff you will make one nuts. What was most interesting was that there wasn't a back up supply of ANY 36" water pipes in the State of NJ. That scares me.
Tom
11:01 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Depending on how far down the line your house is/was, the water reaching your faucets were in the lines before the watermain breaks, and not harmful. I would actually worry more after a few days of using the water as any potential contaminants will work their way through the system.
Emhils3
3:49 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Our water was fairly clear with moderate pressure until they lifted the "Boil Water" ban- now our water is brown! I've run it for 5-7 min increments- per faucet, at least 3 times in the last 24 hours. It just gets worse. I'm NOT drinking this or serving it to my children. Running my water over and over is not helping clear the water, helping with water conservation, or helping my usage consumption on my bill. We just spent $84 on new filters- but we're not wasting the installation on these until we get clear water.