[RP TownTalk] Boil Water Advisory is lifted. Flush your lines!

[Lori Jarman]

If we've used the water what side effects should we look for?  Riverdale residents got the message a day later.

I also noted that the question of not being charged during this period and the flushing of the system was not addressed in this thread.  Where can we find this information out?  I didn't see that on the WSSC website.

Thank you.

Jarman
6211 44th Ave

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 5, 2014, at 12:09 AM, Verizon <jackson325 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Boil Water Advisory is lifted.  Flush your lines!  
> 
> WSSC suggests customers run all cold water taps for five minutes. If you have a single-lever faucet, set it to run the cold water. 
> Begin with the highest faucet in your home or business and then open the other faucets one at a time, moving from your highest floor to your lowest. 
> After five minutes, turn off your faucets in reverse order, from the lowest to highest. You should also flush your refrigerator’s water lines. 
> Flushing your water lines will lower the risk of potential contamination that is created whenever a water main is depressurized because of a break. 
> Customers should also dispose of any ice made since the precautionary BWA was put in place at 7:55 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2. The next three batches of ice should also be thrown out. Icemaker containers should be wiped clean with a solution of two tablespoons bleach to one gallon of water.
> 
> Will WSSC give credits for the days without water and now wasting water to flush the lines?
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: "Blandford, Ayoka" <Ayoka.Blandford at wsscwater.com>
>> Date: September 4, 2014 at 11:46:46 PM EDT
>> To: "Byrum-Jackson, Janice R." <jbyrum-jackson at hunton.com>
>> Subject: RE: Boil water Riverdale Park, md
>> The BWA was lifted at 11:27pm. But you MUST flush your water lines.
>> 
>> I am providing notifications now. Please check our homepage and social media.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Byrum-Jackson, Janice R. [mailto:jbyrum-jackson at hunton.com] 
>> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 11:45 PM
>> To: Blandford, Ayoka
>> Cc: Town of Riverdale Park
>> Subject: Boil water Riverdale Park, md
>> 
>> How will you alert the people  affected by the boil water advisory when it is "safe" to use our tap water again?  
>> WSSC has not updated the information on your website sinceThursday afternoon 8/4/14.  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Janice Byrum-Jackson
>> 301-927-1232
>> jbyrum-jackson at hunton.com
> 
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