The Chautauqua County Health Department announced a boil water order was issued for all Village of Fredonia water customers and properties outside the Village boundaries supplied by their water system on December 16.
According to the health department, a disruption in treatment at the water treatment plant led to water that was not adequately treated entering the distribution system. The water could contain harmful microbes and boiling the water kills bacteria and other microbes.
“All Fredonia water customers must boil water used for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth and making coffee until further notice. Water must be brought to a rolling boil for one minute then cooled prior to use,” the health department said in a release…