Boil Water Advisory Lifted for Jefferson County RWD # 12 in Jefferson and Leavenworth Counties

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has lifted a boil water advisory for Jefferson County Rural Water District (RWD) #12. Repairs and bacteriological sampling have been completed and there is no evidence of bacteria in the system; therefore, the precautionary boil water advisory is no longer needed.

KDHE officials issued the advisory October 4 because flooding washed away the transmission line from the source (wells) to the distribution system. Therefore, drinking water was not being produced and there was little to no water pressure.

The advisory was limited to those customers West of Stranger Creek in Jefferson and Leavenworth counties and did not affect those customers East of Stranger Creek because they are on a separate distribution system, which is provided water from the Leavenworth Water Department.

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