Belmont, NC, lifts boil water advisory, investigates cause of discoloration in some areas
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Belmont residents are no longer being asked to boil their water before drinking it or using it for things like brushing their teeth, the city said in a press release Tuesday.
The boil water advisory was lifted.
The city issued the advisory on Monday after discoloration was found in multiple areas of the city. The city doesn’t know what the cause of the discoloration was and is still investigating it, the press release said.
The discoloration in water is called “turbidity,” the city said, and is frequently monitored at the treatment plant. Turbidity does not pose a health risk, but can “interfere with disinfection.”
“This tells us whether we are effectively filtering the water supply,” the city’s Monday press release said. “Test results on our treated water at the plant indicate the removal of all turbidity after treatment, which points to an issue in the distribution system beyond what the treatment plant can control.”
The city flushed hydrants and will continue to flush hydrants in impacted areas, the press release said, but water samples tested showed normal chlorine levels and clear of bacteria.
This story was originally published October 1, 2024 at 11:46 AM.
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