The boil-water advisory issued last week for customers of Lancaster County Rural Water District 1 has been lifted, after new testing confirmed the system is free of bacterial contamination.
The district first issued the advisory on November 14 after routine monitoring detected E. coli, triggering an assessment of the system. According to the original notice, the detection indicated the potential presence of human or animal waste in the water supply — prompting precautionary guidance for residents to boil water for drinking, cooking, brushing teeth, making ice, and washing dishes.
In a follow-up notice, officials said the system has now completed corrective actions, including chlorination and resampling, and submitted special samples confirming the water is “total coliform–negative and E. coli–negative.”…