PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER ADVISORY (PBWA) LIFTED FOR PORTION OF MASONBORO SOUND AREA
Contractor, CFPUA work caused scheduled outage, required precautionary advisory
Outage and PBWA covered: 902 Piner Rd to 1076 Grissom Road (Piner turns into Grissom in area),
5100 – 5300 Blocks of Masonboro Loop Road; and
All of Tangle Oaks Marina Club area, including Marina Club Drive, N. Creek Drive, Villa Court and Pond Drive.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Mike McGill
(910) 332-6704
After Hours: (910) 622-8472
Mike.McGill@cfpua.org
communications@cfpua.org
WILMINGTON, NC, December 10, 2014: Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) has lifted a precautionary boil water advisory (PBWA) for a portion of the Masonboro Sound area. Contractors tied into CFPUA’s existing water main for a new development in the area. The work provided CFPUA with the opportunity to make improvements on the line at the same time. As a result of the effort, a service outage was required for the addresses listed above on Tuesday, December 8th.
A precautionary boil water advisory was issued after the outage is over because periods of low or no pressure increase the potential for the introduction of bacteria into the water system. CFPUA customers in the above described area were asked to boil their water for one minute then allow it to cool prior to consumption or utilize another water source such as bottled water. Consumption includes drinking, brushing teeth, making ice, food preparation, fruit and vegetable washing and the preparation of baby formula. Customers did NOT need to boil water prior to using it for showering or bathing.
CFPUA is asking the media for assistance in getting out the word because of the number of addresses affected. The Precautionary Boil Water Advisory was in effect until water quality testing occurred and service was returned to normal. The lifting of the advisory will occur in one or more of the following ways: hand-delivered announcement, a post on www.cfpua.org, a recorded phone message at 332-6500, a phone notification from New Hanover County’s emergency alert system and/or a press release to area media outlets.
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 67,000 water customer accounts and more than 65,000 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.