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Burlington residents, workers told to boil water

When tests showed fecal coliform in the town water supply, the town retested the water and found e. coli, so now the state and town are telling people not to drink Burlington water without boiling it first.

TOWN OF BURLINGTON ISSUES BOIL WATER ORDER

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has directed the Town to issue a boil water order for the entire water system. This means no tap water should be consumed unless is boiled first.

During the normal weekly water testing some sites tested positive for total coliform bacteria. Samples were further tested and the results showed e-coli bacteria positive. In order to protect the health of our customers the DEP and the Town are issuing a boil water order.

The boil water order will remain in place until two full rounds of system wide testing show no total coliform present.

What a boil-water order means.

H/T Ryan.

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That gosh darn job killin', regulation makin' DEP and EPA!

Let the private sector decide if that water is safe to drink. I'm sure they would let everyone know right away!

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The algorithm that edits Burlington's "Your Town" page on Boston.com has reported this, atop news from Burlington Connecticut, Burlington Vermont (or really, news all over Vermont), Burlington New Jersey and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, among other things completely unrelated to news in Burlington, MA.

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