Boil Water Advisory

At first I did not post this advisory because Woodland Valley doesn't have town water. But I realized today that the folks on High St do and we have several members who live there. Here is the advisory from the Town of Shandaken Facebook page.

Still In Effect! Just a Precautionary measure, if this were a real emergency each of the Water District residents would be personally notified! 

* Phoenicia Water District Residents >> BOIL WATER ADVISORY 

Water Commissioner Rick Ricciardella has issued a BOIL WATER Advisory. -Bitter Cold Temps resulted in a water shortage, the back up system is being used (which was compromised during Irene). Water IS being chlorinated.. but advisory is issued. Boil ALL drinking & cooking water until this cold weather breaks. *And PLEASE use water sparingly.. check for running toilets, leaks, etc.

And if you are wondering why people need to boil the water. Apparently, the spring feeds to the reservoir have frozen due to the extreme cold lowering the local supply. This forces the town to use the alternate pumping station on High St which basically pumps water from the Esopus creek. While the town is chlorinating the water it is advise that the water be boiled until further notice.

Here are links to the story in the Freeman.
Original Story:
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20140126/phoenicia-water-district-residents-under-boil-water-advisory
Update:
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20140127/phoenicia-boil-water-advisory-remains-in-effect-updated