Boil water advisory notice issued for Allegheny and Washington counties

More than 90,000 Pennsylvania American Water customers are under a boil water notice as of Saturday morning.

According to PAW, an early morning power surge caused a depletion of water storage at the tank near the Aldrich Water Treatment Plant in Elrama.

This also results in a loss of water pressure within the distribution system, and that could lead to contamination entering the system through backflow or back siphonage…

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