On Wednesday, July 5th, a water main break occurred in Southeast Elmhurst causing a precautionary boil order. Repairs are now complete and the necessary flushing and purification verification steps have also been complete. After several days of testing, water samples have been confirmed to be free of coliform bacteria by a certified laboratory.
You may return to normal use of your water service, however we have the following recommendations:
- If you have not used any water in your home during this boil order period, it is recommended to run each faucet in the home for 2-3 minutes before any consumption use.
- Any ice generated during the precautionary boil order is recommended to be discarded and regenerated.
- Clean your faucet aerators.
- If you have any water filters in your home (including refrigerators with water dispensers), you should consider changing them at this time.
We apologize for this unfortunate event and thank you for your patience and community support while we worked to resolve the issue. For the history of this precautionary boil order, please visit elmhurst.org
