LIFT DATE: AUGUST 15, 2024 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT 

LANCE JONES 

DIRECTOR 

ENGINEERING SECTION, (501) 661-2623 

NEWS ARTICLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS HAS RELEASED THE ‘BOIL WATER’ NOTICE  ISSUED ON 8/14/2024 BY HOPE WATER LIGHT COMM FOR THE 25 CUSTOMERS  BETWEEN THE I-30 BRIDGE OVER HIGHWAY 67 WEST IN FULTON AND 3499  HIGHWAY 67 WEST. THIS ORDER WAS ISSUED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE  BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT CONTAMINATED WATER MAY HAVE  ENTERED THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF A COMPLETE LOSS IN  NORMAL SYSTEM PRESSURE. 

BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLES TAKEN ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2024 WERE  FOUND TO BE 'SAFE' AND A SATISFACTORY DISINFECTANT LEVEL HAS BEEN  ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. THE WATER IS  THEREFORE CONSIDERED 'SAFE' FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND THE 'BOIL WATER' NOTICE IS HEREBY LIFTED.