Geez - Hope Stevie's Still in Hawaii

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What a freakin mess! Especially for a city in the desert...

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Phoenix issues boil order due to water treatment problem
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...type=printable

(01-25) 08:24 PST PHOENIX (AP) --

The 1.4 million residents of Phoenix were warned Tuesday to boil their water until further notice, and also to limit what water they did use.

City officials said there was a turbidity problem, with muddy water from recent storms flowing into one of the city's two operating water treatment plants, reducing the output of that plant.

Two other water treatment plants were shut down due to maintenance, another was shut down due to water damage; leaving only one of the city's five water treatment plants operating at full capacity.

Ken Kroski, a spokesman for the Phoenix Water Services Department, said turbidity has no health effects. However, it could interfere with water disinfection, provide a medium for bacterial growth, and indicate a presence of disease-causing organisms, he said.

Besides boiling water for drinking, residents were told to take short showers and shut off landscape watering.

Bottled water was to be used for drinking, brushing teeth, making ice, food preparation and washing dishes.

At Sky Harbor International Airport, food was prepared early Tuesday with bottled water and only bottled beverages were served.