The Onondaga County BOIL WATER ORDER for the Town of DeWitt is still in effect for most areas of DeWitt previously under the order; a partial lift of the order went into effect this afternoon, please refer to the Town of DeWitt website for more information.
Residences and businesses not on this list no longer need to boil their water; two successive tests have confirmed no presence of coliforms, recommended levels of chlorine are present in the water in that area, and Onondaga County has approved the lab’s test results.
Construction on three new chlorine injection systems is complete and the Town is continuing to collect water samples on an on-going basis.
Resumption of water services to the remaining areas of DeWitt still under the BOIL WATER ORDER will occur when:
⦁ Two consecutive negative test results for coliforms – which can indicate the presence of bacteria – from the problematic areas are confirmed via testing.
⦁ Those testing results are sent out and confirmed by the lab.
⦁ The lab’s findings are approved by Onondaga County.
Depending on how quickly the Town receives lab results – and subsequent approval from Onondaga County – the Town estimates resumption of water services in the remaining areas of the Town under the Boil Water Order in the next few days, possibly over the weekend.
“We are doing everything we can to resolve this crisis quickly and effectively and also to prevent events like this in the future; the unusual confluence of hotter summer weather and stagnant water – due to low use and low occupancy as a result of the COVID-19 virus – in our Town office buildings was the source of the water issue.” said Town of DeWitt Supervisor Ed Michalenko.
He added “We have been posting details and updates throughout the week in an effort to keep the community informed and updated; we encourage our residents, businesses, and the media to use the town website as a valuable source of information as we navigate not only this challenge, but our rapidly changing, increasingly challenging communications environment; we want the community to know their local government is here for them.”
The Town is also flushing hydrants in affected areas and working with area business offices and office complexes, requesting they flush water systems in their building(s).
