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    DRINKING WATER WARNING Muskegon Heights Water System lost pressure and contamination may have occurred BOIL YOUR WATER BEFORE USING Due to a drop in pressure in the Muskegon Heights water supply, bacterial contamination may have occurred in the water system. Bacteria are generally not harmful and are common throughout our environment. Corrective measures are currently being undertaken to correct the situation. What should | do? DO NOT DRINK THE WATER WITHOUT BOILING IT FIRST. Bring all water to a boil, let it boil for one minute, and let it cool before using, or use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes, and preparing food. Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water. Continue using boiled or bottled water until further notice. For more information, you can view a YouTube video at hitos:/Awww.youtube.com/wate! What happened? What is being done? These precautionary actions are being taken due to the loss of water pressure in the water distribution system caused by failure of the supervisory control and data acquisition system on April 24, 2024. Whenever a water system loses pressure for any significant length of time, Precautionary measures are recommended. The City is currently being supplied water by the City of Muskegon water system, however pressure will be at a lower level. The Muskegon Heights staff is working to get pressure restored, and water staff will be taking other remedial actions such as flushing and collecting bacteriological samples from around the system. The samples will be collected to determine that the water quality meets the state drinking water standards. We will inform you when tests ‘show no bacteria and you no longer need to boil your water, We anticipate resolving the problem within the next 72 hours, This boil water notice shall remain in effect until results from the sampling verify the water is safe to drink. Customers will be advised when the boil water advisory has been lifted. For more information, please contact the Muskegon Heights Water Filtration Plant, 231.780.3415 or the City Manager's Office at 231.788.8870. We will also post updates on our social media pages and contact local news outlets. General guidelines on ways to lessen the tisk of infection by microbes are available from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1(800) 426-4791. Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or ‘mail CERTIFICATION - WSSN: 4580 | certify that this water supply has fully complied with the public notification requirements in the Michigan Safe oe Water Act, 1976 PA 399, as amended, and the administrative rules tes (bE Jabrin Ch Manse YY /2¥ —4')84m ‘Signature Tile aio Distributed Reminder to water supple: This notice /certfcation must be sent tothe DEQ.

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