City officials in Greenfield, Wednesday afternoon, issued a BOIL water ORDER, which is a downgrade, and replaces the higher priority Bottled Water Advisory previously issued. Now, water used for drinking, cooking or brushing teeth must be boiled and cooled prior to consuming.

Levels of toxins were lower than expected with recent testing resulting in the reduction of the advisory. GMU says that turbidity (or cloudiness) of the water in the system was not at acceptable levels during recent testing and that is why it is still necessary to boil water before consumption to assure the removal of potential disease-causing organisms. The finish water coming out of the treatment plant has been put back in compliance for standards but officials say it will take a while for the water that was not up to standard to move through the distribution system.

GMU will inform customers when they no longer need to boil their water. They did mention that the water is considered safe for animal and livestock consumption at this time.

(A copy of the Boil Order is pictured below. Click on the image to enlarge.)