November 24, 2017
Re: November 23, 2017 Cedar Knolls and Morris Plains Boil Water
Advisory – Lifted
Dear SMCMUA
Customers,
The New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has lifted the boil water
advisory affecting your water service and we have provided
instructions for you to follow below. The Authority acknowledges and
apologizes for the inconvenience that this event caused our customers. We are
evaluating all of the issues surrounding this event and are implementing
corrective measures to improve these processes. I would
appreciate receiving your recommendations for improving emergency
notifications or other areas of our service and request that you forward
these directly to me via email at lcummings@smcmua.org or
by phone at 973-326-6866.
We also
request that all consumers in our service area visit our website and
register for emergency notifications under the “Register for Citizen Alerts”
tab.
Sincerely,
Laura
Cummings
Executive
Director/Chief Engineer
BOIL WATER ADVISORY LIFT NOTICE
FOR CUSTOMERS OF SOUTHEAST MORRIS COUNTY MUA (SMCMUA), PWSID#1424001
For more
information, contact Customer Service at 973-326-6880 or visit our
website at www.smcmua.org.
Consumers of SMCMUA were notified on November 23, 2017 of a possible problem with the
drinking water due to a loss of pressure in the service
area and were advised to boil the tap water before using as a
precautionary measure. We are pleased to report that the subsequent water
quality testing shows the water quality to be safe and that the boil
water advisory has been lifted. Please follow the instructions below.
THE BOIL
WATER ADVISORY IS LIFTED and
it is no longer necessary to boil your water before using. The
following measures are strongly
encouraged at this time:
-
Run
your water faucets for 3-5 minutes to flush your service connection and
interior plumbing with water from the service main.
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Empty
and clean your automatic ice makers and water chillers.
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Drain
and refill your hot water heater if the temperature is set below 113
degrees Fahrenheit.
-
Service
connections with a water softener/cartridge filters should be run
through a regeneration cycle or other procedures recommended by the
manufacturer.
-
Water
reservoirs in tall buildings should be drained and refilled (as
applicable).
(Updated: November 24, 2017 at 3:45 p.m.)
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