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Boil Water Order for Village of Fredonia
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The Chautauqua County Health Department has issued a "Boil Water Order" for village of Fredonia water customers. This includes the SUNY Fredonia campus. The full notification is below.
Here on campus, FSA will boil all water for cooking prior to use. All hot drink stations at FSA locations - i.e. Starbucks - have proper filtering on the machines. Cold beverages and espressos will not be served at FSA locations until the advisory is lifted. Cranston Marche will have bottled water to drink as the fountain beverage machines will be offline for the time being.
Campus drinking fountains and filling stations will have "do not use" signs posted.
The Office of Residence Life and the Division of Finance and Administration are coordinating water distribution to employees, students, summer session students and summer guests staying in the residence halls. Each residence hall being utilized during the summer session will have bottled water distributed to the main lobby of each hall today. Additionally, any employee, student, and/or guest utilizing our academic buildings will be able to pick up bottled water shortly at the locations listed for each building below:
- Maytum - 1st Floor
- Thompson - 1st Floor Business Office
- Mason - 1st Floor Music Office
- Reed Library - Circulation Desk
- Fenton - President's Office
- Houghton - 1st Floor Main Office
- Dods - Athletic Office
- LoGrasso - Health Center Front Desk
- Facility Services - Director's Office
- Rockefeller Arts Center - Main Lobby & Cafe Lounge
- Gregory - Res Life Office
Employees, please reach out to Sarah Laurie's office (sarah.laurie@fredonia.edu) if you are running low on bottled water in your building.
We will share updates regarding the order as we receive them.
Here is the notification from the Chautauqua County Department of Health:
MAYVILLE, N.Y – The Chautauqua County Health Department and the Village of Fredonia have issued a boil water order for all Village of Fredonia water customers and properties outside the Village boundaries supplied by the Fredonia water system. The New York State Department of Health requires a boil water order anytime water is not adequately treated.
A treatment technique violation at the water treatment plant resulted in high turbidity such that water entering the distribution system was not adequately treated. This water could contain harmful microbes. Boiling the water kills bacteria and other microbes that may be present.
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.
Boiled or bottled water must be used to wash dishes by hand; dishes should be allowed to completely air dry after washing. Home dishwashers that reach a temperature of 170⁰F and have a full dry cycle do not need boiled. The water may be used for bathing as long as it is not consumed. The water is safe for laundry.
Once the treatment process has been fully restored to normal operations and the untreated water has been flushed from the distribution system, the Village will collect water samples on consecutive days to make sure the water is safe. Notifications and press releases will be used to inform the public when the boil water order is lifted.
For more information on boiling water and emergency disinfection visit the New York State Department of Health website at https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/water/drinking/boilwater/. Press releases will be posted on the Chautauqua County website at https://chqgov.com/news. For more information, residents should call the Village of Fredonia at (716) 679-2307 and Chautauqua County Health Department permitted facilities can call the Health Department directly at (716) 753-4481.