The Augusta Utilities Department has experienced a brief incident of high turbidity in finished water at the Highland Avenue Water Treatment Plant. The service area for the Highland Avenue plant is the area North of Gordon Highway, Fort Gordon and East Augusta. This area includes all Augusta University campuses and all health system facilities in Richmond County.
In order to protect the public from a potential health hazard, all citizens in the service area are advised to “boil” all water prior to use for drinking, cooking, or preparing baby food. The water should be boiled for at least one minute after reaching a rolling boil.
Citizens should continue to boil their water until they are notified by their drinking water utility that the water system has been restored to full operation, and that the microbiological quality of the water in the distribution system is safe for human consumption.
University and Health System officials are working to address how this notice will affect the various units in our enterprise. Additional information will be available as we complete our planning.
Note:
- The Drinking Water Permitting & Engineering Program of the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has issued this public advisory. Please take the necessary steps to issue this notice by radio & TV announcements, by newspaper, and/or hand delivery. Make sure that all your water customers have been notified of this public advisory.
- The boil water notice must remain in effect until testing is completed and Georgia EPD determines the affected areas and the water quality in these areas has been demonstrated to be microbiologically safe to drink.
