boil advisories
Tap water alerts
Boil advisories are public health warnings instructing residents to boil tap water before drinking, cooking, or brushing teeth.
Issued when water supplies may be contaminated—typically after pipe breaks, flooding, or treatment failures—they remain in effect until testing confirms the water is safe: The city lifted the boil advisory after three days.
- waterClear essential liquid
- tap waterPlumbed household drinking source
- city waterPublicly supplied drinking source
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
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