Boil Order NOT for BCWA Water

Customers called Bristol County Water Authority, mistakenly thinking that the RI Department of Health's boil-water order applied to the local agency.

Health Dept. Suggests Private Well Owners Boil Water Before Use

The Department of Health is asking private well owners to boil their water as a safety precaution.

  Due to the excessive snow from the winter storm and the additional rainfall this past Monday, some private wells in Bristol and Warren may have reduced water quality. The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) reminds Rhode Islanders who lost water pressure or have a flooded well head (surrounded by water), to take steps to ensure the safety of drinking water: For more information visit www.health.ri.gov/drinkingwaterquality/for/privatewellowners/ or call the Health Information Line at 401-222-5960 / RI Relay 711. 

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