Greenlawn Water District says that's not a Baby Ruth in your water
After testing positive for E. coli on June 30, Greenlawn Water District’s well number 16 was taken out of service. GWD says they immediately began emergency chlorination of the water system. A “boil notice” was also issued, advising residents not to drink their tap water without first bringing it to a “roiling boil”. Residents of the water district are complaining that not enough was done to get the word out. Greenlawn Water District Superintendent Bob Santoriello says the district printed out 14,000 notices and hand delivered them. Hello – has the interweb made it to Greenlawn yet? In spite of their tree-killing emergency notification procedure, the water district has promised to post updates on its website. Nice weekend for a drive to Cold Spring Harbor where Greenlawn residents can pick up some E. coli – free water at the village’s recently re-opened artesian well.
Please please take the boiling of water seriously. The last time this happened to our water my husband was hospitalized for 10 days. He has a compromised immune system due to heart transplant.So the elderly, babies, etc be causious.
Also, use bottled water for brushing teeth.
Can anyone help with this question? Yesterday’s site noted that the only 3 neighborhoods affected are S Elwood, Laurel Hill and Greenlawn (I think the last one was Greenlawn). I’m not familiar with where Laurel Hill is, can anyone tell me? I am in S Huntington. Thanks,
Janet
@Janet,
We can’t find a good map of the water district online. Best way to know if you should boil your water is if you pay the Greenlawn Water District for your water service. Their bills look like this:
http://www.greenlawnwater.org/info.html
As of 4pm Saturday the boil notice remains in effect. GWD says bottled water is available at the Greenlawn Water District office, 45 Railroad Street.