Residents in four Effingham County subdivisions need to boil their tap water starting at 9 p.m. tonight. The order came after low water pressure was detected near a work site at Blue Jay Road and Hodgeville Road.
What’s happening: The advisory covers Belmont Glen, Cedar Ridge, New Haven, and Staffordshire. No contamination has been confirmed. The advisory is precautionary because low pressure in a water line can allow bacteria to get into the pipes.
What this means for you: Anyone in those four neighborhoods should boil tap water before drinking it, cooking with it, or brushing their teeth. Bringing water to a full boil for at least one minute kills bacteria and other harmful organisms that may be present.
The path forward: The advisory runs for 24 hours and is set to expire around 9 p.m. Sunday. Residents should wait for an official notice from Effingham County confirming it has been lifted before going back to using tap water normally.
B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.
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