Overview
- Gesundheitsamt Ostallgäu imposed the precautionary measure for Schwangau’s supply area, excluding the Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds network in Hohenschwangau.
- Routine monitoring found enterococci with a slight limit exceedance at one sampling location, and authorities say gastrointestinal complaints are possible in the worst case but no further health danger is expected.
- The Schwangau waterworks, in coordination with the health office, is conducting additional sampling and will end the restrictions once laboratory results confirm no bacteria remain in the distribution system.
- Residents are instructed to boil tap water for drinking, cooking, and dental hygiene, to use mineral water for preparing baby and children’s food, and to avoid swallowing water while showering.
- The municipality has set up a hotline for questions at 08362/8198-0, and the incident echoes recent localized boil-water advisories reported elsewhere in Bavaria, including Passau.