CFPUA PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER ADVISORY (PBWA) TO BEGIN AT 9 P.M. TONIGHT FOR WINDS RIDGE SUBDIVISION
Planned water main connection work will affect customers living on the following streets:
Michelas Bay Lane
Gantts Trial
Hons Trail
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Jacqueline Valade
(910) 332-6579
After Hours: (910) 470-5991
Jacqueline.valade@cfpua.org
communications@cfpua.org
WILMINGTON, NC, July 11, 2013: At 9 p.m. Thursday July 11, 2013, the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) will be issuing a precautionary boil water advisory (PBWA) for customers in the Winds Ridge subdivision of southern Wilmington. CFPUA crews will be allowing a private contractor to cut in a new water line connection at the intersection of Carolina Beach Road and Winds Ridge Drive. The work is result in periods of low or no pressure for the addresses listed. It is estimated this work will take 6 to 8 hours.
CFPUA is conducting door-to-door notifications and will be using New Hanover County's emergency notification system to inform the affected customers. The PBWA shall be in effect until water quality testing has occurred and service is returned to normal. When testing is completed, typically within 24 hours, and service is returned to normal, updates to this advisory will be provided via hand-delivered announcement, posted on our website www.cfpua.org, AND/OR sent to area media outlets.
Periods of low or no pressure in the distribution system elevate the risk for back siphonage and introduction of bacteria into the water system. Therefore, CFPUA advises that, when water service is restored, the residents at the above addresses boil their water for at least one (1) full minute prior to human consumption until otherwise notified by CFPUA. Human consumption includes cooking, making ice, drink mixing, food preparation and hand washing. Affected customers do NOT need to boil water prior to using it for bathing.
A precautionary boil water advisory is a public health announcement. When issued, the public should assume there is an elevated risk of their water being unsafe to drink. Advisories can be issued after: incidents that compromise the distribution system (ex. water main break); failure of/substantial interruption in water treatment processes that result in increased turbidity levels or particle counts; mechanical or equipment failure; violations of the total coliform rule or the turbidity standard of the surface water treatment rule; or a natural disaster. www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking.
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Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) was formed by the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County to combine their water and sewer operations. It began operations on July 1, 2008. Today, the Authority serves more than 65,000 water customer accounts and more than 63,000 wastewater customer accounts. It oversees more than 1,000 miles of water distribution mains and nearly 1,000 miles of sewer mains. For more information, visit www.cfpua.org or contact CFPUA’s Communications staff at communications@cfpua.org.