[Press Release] : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: End of precautionary water boil advisory for Thornbrook, Steeplechase subdivisions

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Contact: Columbia Water & Light
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End of precautionary water boil advisory for Thornbrook,Steeplechase subdivisions

COLUMBIA, MO (June 24, 2016) - Sustained water pressure above 20 psi in the early morning hours has returned, allowing Columbia Water & Light to lift the precautionary water boil advisory in the Thornbrook and Steeplechase subdivisions. After the rain on Tuesday, June 21, the Wednesday pressure readings were in the low thirties. On Friday, June 24 the pressure reading was 26 psi. Columbia Water & Light credits the residents that live in Creek’s Edge, Thornbrook, Steeplechase and Wyndham Ridge for alternating their irrigation schedules to increase the water pressure, especially between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m.

Although this week has brought higher water pressure to the southwestern side of Columbia, residents are still urged to follow the staggered irrigation schedule that is attached to this release.

“We are beginning to make some progress but we want to ensure that we have more people in the identified areas make changes to their irrigation system timing. We would like to see more people follow the schedule to avoid calling another precautionary boil advisory,” said Columbia Water & Light Assistant Director Ryan Williams.

On Thursday, June 23, Columbia Water & Light and the Columbia Fire Department went door to door to ask customers to follow the irrigation schedule. The visits to the neighborhoods will continue on Friday evening and Saturday morning.

The water supply in these areas, as in all areas of Columbia, was designed using current industry standards. The supply system is adequate to address normal water consumption and demand. After days of analyzing the water distribution system in the area, no problems were found with the City’s delivery system. However, the higher elevation of this area combined with hundreds of irrigation systems scheduled to operate between 4 and 6 a.m. in the area has created low water pressure for that time period. The staggered irrigation schedule will help alleviate this high demand at 4 a.m.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) requires water utilities to call boil advisories when the pressure drops below 20 psi because it could cause a backflow situation where something could be siphoned into the water distribution system. All of the testing on samples from the neighborhoods taken since the boil advisory started on June 13 have shown no contamination has occurred.



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