Boil order for parts of Dallas County, Iowa
September 30, 2009
The
Xenia Rural Water District has issued a boil order for some of its customers in Dallas County
along Ashworth Road and Hickory Hollow Road just to the
west of Ashworth and I-80 after a contractor broke a water main. The boil order means that customers there will need to boil their water for at least one minute before use. Incidents like these represent an inconvenience but do not have to result in serious threats to health -- however, they may help us to appreciate the value of fresh
drinking water supplies, which remain out of reach for a
billion people around the world.
last revised September 2009