LA drinking water
Feb. 4th, 2005 09:02 amI don't know how well publicized this is, since I'm not in LA, but it landed in my inbox and I wanted to get the info out to any of my friends who live in LA and might not watch the news.
>To the UCLA Community:
>
>A leak in a major water main this afternoon -- at the Lower Stone
>Canyon Reservoir, near campus -- may affect the safety of drinking
>water until early Friday night.
>
>The California Department of Health Services, along with the Los
>Angeles Department of Water and Power, are advising us to BOIL WATER
>BEFORE DRINKING as a precaution. This caution will apply until early
>Friday night. Unless drinking bottled water, let water boil for one
>minute, and let it cool before drinking it. Boiled or bottled water
>should be used for both drinking and for preparing food. Boiling
>kills bacteria and other organisms in water. Neglecting to follow
>this precaution could possibly result in stomach or intestinal
>illness.
>
>Signs will be posted in campus buildings, and drinking fountains will
>be covered.
>
>Water service to portions of UCLA was briefly interrupted Wednesday
>afternoon, but has been fully restored. Water is safe for washing
>hands.
>
>In addition to UCLA and Westwood, the areas affected by this notice
>include Sepulveda Boulevard to the west, Beverly Hills to the east,
>north of Sunset Boulevard (Somma Way) to the North and Santa Monica
>Boulevard to the south.
>
>For more information, call 1 (800) DIAL-DWP.
>To the UCLA Community:
>
>A leak in a major water main this afternoon -- at the Lower Stone
>Canyon Reservoir, near campus -- may affect the safety of drinking
>water until early Friday night.
>
>The California Department of Health Services, along with the Los
>Angeles Department of Water and Power, are advising us to BOIL WATER
>BEFORE DRINKING as a precaution. This caution will apply until early
>Friday night. Unless drinking bottled water, let water boil for one
>minute, and let it cool before drinking it. Boiled or bottled water
>should be used for both drinking and for preparing food. Boiling
>kills bacteria and other organisms in water. Neglecting to follow
>this precaution could possibly result in stomach or intestinal
>illness.
>
>Signs will be posted in campus buildings, and drinking fountains will
>be covered.
>
>Water service to portions of UCLA was briefly interrupted Wednesday
>afternoon, but has been fully restored. Water is safe for washing
>hands.
>
>In addition to UCLA and Westwood, the areas affected by this notice
>include Sepulveda Boulevard to the west, Beverly Hills to the east,
>north of Sunset Boulevard (Somma Way) to the North and Santa Monica
>Boulevard to the south.
>
>For more information, call 1 (800) DIAL-DWP.