Overview
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts, which issued the advisory Wednesday after adverse water samples, said it covers Sudbury, New Sudbury and Falconbridge.
- Residents should boil tap water for at least one minute before drinking, cooking, making infant formula or ice, washing produce or brushing teeth, or use bottled water.
- Testing detected total coliform bacteria, an indicator that the system may be compromised, and officials say they do not expect people to get sick.
- City operators are taking extra samples from the David Street and Falconbridge treatment plants, and the notice will stay in place until lab tests show the water is safe.
- Bottled water quickly sold out at many stores, schools stayed open with bring-your-own water guidance, and restaurants received rules to keep operating.