St. Albans, West Virginia
Water main break, per WSAZ.
To learn about boil-water alerts, says author and blogger Mary Carledgehayes. I couldn’t have put it better myself (though we also need all other media to send out instant alerts too).
Construction crews hit a water main; pressure drops. Boil. (Per the Daily Telegram)
Drop in water pressure caused by utility workers “doing maintenance in the area,” says the Courier Journal.
Broken water main affects 350 customers, per the Daily News Online.
This Q & A in the Hartford Courant has more on those pesky (but not harmful to human health) microscopic organisms.