Chelsea Water System WSID 5638
BOIL YOUR WATER BEFORE USING
Due to the need for system repair of a water leak on highland avenue between the court house and attorney Dan Sedan’s office, a section of the system needs to be depressurized. Federal and State regulations require the system to issue a Boil Water Notice when depressurization happens to make a repair because there is a strong possibility that your drinking water supply may become contaminated on the way to the tap. This situation presents a significant health risk to users of the Chelsea Water System within the depressurized area. Starting at 8am on Thursday 10/30/2025 the Chelsea Water System is issuing a Boil Water Notice for users on South Park street and Highland Avenue. There will be a disruption to your service for several hours and once service is resumed, customers on those streets will be under a Boil Water Notice until we are able to get results back from the lab that show there is no presence of Coliform bacteria in the system.
What should I do?
DO NOT DRINK THE WATER WITHOUT BOILING IT FIRST. Bring all water to a boil, let it boil for one minute, and let it cool before using, or use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes, and food preparation until further notice. Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water.
Coliforms are bacteria which are naturally present in the environment and are used as an indicator that other; potentiallyharmful, bacteria may be present. When a water system is experiencing fluctuations in water pressure the possibility exists for bacteria and other harmful organisms to enter the water distribution system and contaminate your drinking water supply.
People with severely compromised immune systems, infants, and some elderly may be at increased risk. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by microbes are available from EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1 (800) 426-4791.
What happened? What is being done?
This Boil Water Notice will remain in effect until the water system maintenance/repair is complete and the system is able to demonstrate that the quality and quantity of the drinking water meets State and Federal drinking water standards.
We will inform you when the necessary system maintenance/repair has been completed and tests show no bacteria present in the drinking water supply. We anticipate finishing the repair on Thursday 10/30/2025, but will not have lab results until Friday 10/31/2025 at the earliest, depending on getting test to lab before closing on Thursday 10/30/2025. If we are not able to get test results on Friday 10/31/2025 the boil water notice will be in effect until we get lab results on Monday 11/3/2025. We are not able to lift the Boil Water Notice until we have those results that show no presence of Coliform bacteria.
For more information, please contact Mike Whipple at 802-685-7727 or wschiefoperator@chelseavt.us
Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.