DC And Arlington County Under Boil Water Advisory

The Washington Post reports:

D.C. Water and Arlington County advised residents late Wednesday to boil their water for at least one minute before drinking, using it to cook food or giving it to pets, after the Army Corps of Engineers warned of clarity issues in local water sources. The warnings were issued because of “elevated turbidity levels in water supply caused by increases in algae blooms in the Potomac River,” the Army Corps of Engineers in Baltimore said.

“Discard any beverages and ice made after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, 2024,” D.C. Water said in a news release. It also advised against using home filtering devices in place of boiled or bottled water. After D.C. Water sent push alerts to residents’ phones, dozens of people rushed to the Safeway on 14th Street SE in Capitol Hill. Cars whipped into parking spots and people hurried inside to load carts with flats of water bottles before the store closed at midnight.

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BREAKING: “DRINKING WATER ADVISORY: DC Water Issues Boil Water Advisory for All Customers in the District of Columbia, the Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery and Reagan National Airport” https://t.co/EsZScPDcAa

— PoPville (@PoPville) July 4, 2024

All of D.C. is also under the Boil Water Advisory.

The District and Arlington are served by the same D.C. treatment plants where cloudy water has been observed. https://t.co/1nOxsElqrG https://t.co/OUK5lRlQvO

— Arlington Now (@ARLnowDOTcom) July 4, 2024