All customers of the Meyersdale Municipal Authority are under a boil-water notice until further notice.
Authority Superintendent Jeff McKenzie said that while doing repairs at the authority’s water treatment facility, a valve was opened that allowed untreated water into the potable water storage tank.
“What we’re doing about it is, we’re flushing lines in town as we speak (Wednesday) and probably we’re hoping to shoot for Friday to do samples and lift the boil-water notice,” he said.
He said test results should be returned by Saturday, and the boil-water notice can be lifted if the results are clean.
“We’re doing our calls and we’ll let people know when it’s lifted,” he said. “We have our standard operating procedure in place for what to do in this case and we’re following it to a T.”
McKenzie said customers should bring their water to a rolling boil, let it boil for one minute and let it cool before using. Water should be boiled for making ice, washing dishes, brushing teeth and preparing food.
“You should be able to wash (clothes). It may be a little cloudy — I’m not sure how it will turn out, but it should be all right,” he said.