We just had a boil order. I’m curious as to why they’re necessary, how do people get sick, and why they’re issued
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In the context of potable water distribution: small leaks in pipes are fairly common and sometimes unavoidable. These usually aren’t an issue as long as pressure is maintained in the distribution infrastructure, since nothing will flow back into the pipes
However if a large main breaks or some other failure happens that causes a loss of pressure, it is possible for water any anything it’s carrying to flow back into pipes from outside.
This has the potential for microbial contamination, so an alert will be posted until the government can collect a few samples and test them to make sure that hasn’t happened to a detectable extent
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