A precautionary boil water advisory is in effect for St. Cloud Hospital, Toho Water Authority announced late Tuesday morning, due to a water line repair on 17th Street.
Users are advised to boil their water for one minute prior to consumption (drinking, cooking, making ice, washing hands, brushing teeth or washing dishes). As an alternative bottled water may be used. Water used for laundry or bathing/showering does not need to be boiled.
Food industry guidelines say to disconnect or turn off water vending machines, drinking fountains, misters, ice-making units and soda machines and prevent their use. Filters in water lines should be replaced if the water supplier detected bacteria in the water samples or if debris accumulation is observed in the filter.
Updates are posted to Toho Water News & Alerts page on tohowater.com, or call Toho’s customer service center serving St. Cloud at 407-957-7344 or email cs-stcloud@tohowater.com.
