Illinois American Water lifts boil order for portion of the metro-east
Illinois American Water announced Thursday evening it had lifted the water boil order that was issued a day earlier for most of St. Clair County and parts of Monroe County.
After a construction worker hit a 24-inch water main at Illinois American Water’s Metro East Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday, the boil order went into effect.
The water main break caused a drop in water pressure. Anytime water drops below 20 pounds per square inch in any part of a community’s distribution system, a boil order must be issued as a precaution to protect customers, the company said in a news release.
On Thursday, Terry Mackin, a spokesman for the company, said the water had been through a series of tests at a lab to confirm that the water is “safe beyond all doubt.” Water must be tested for 24 hours after a problem occurs.
The boil order was lifted for the following communities directly served by Illinois American Water:
Belleville
East St. Louis
Centreville
Brooklyn
Fairmont City
Sauget
Shiloh
Washington Park
Alorton
Cahokia (from Commonfields of Cahokia PWD)
Swansea
Canteen Township
St. Clair Township
Stookey Township
Smithton Township
The boil order issued by the City of O’Fallon has been lifted. O’Fallon also provides water to the City of Fairview Heights.
The boil water continues in the following sale-for-resale communities in the metro-east, which are responsible for lifting boil orders in their communities and notifying their customers and residents:
Scott Air Force Base
Caseyville
Millstadt
Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water District
Columbia
Waterloo
Concordia Water District
Prairie DuPont Water District
Cahokia Unit School District 187 was closed Friday, Aug. 30, because of the boil order.
This story was originally published August 29, 2019 at 8:18 PM.
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