Overview

• The Landratsamt Hof’s routine sampling detected microbial contamination in Döhlau, Kautendorf and Tauperlitz.
• Gesundheitsamt Hof issued a precautionary boil-water advisory effective immediately in the affected areas.
• Residents must bring tap water to a rolling boil and let it cool before drinking, cooking, brushing teeth or cleaning wounds.
• The Ortsteil Erlalohe is not subject to the boiling order and remains on normal supply.
• Officials will continue detailed lab analyses and will lift the advisory once tests confirm the water is free of harmful germs.