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Bethel Boil Water Notice Still In Effect

Zut A. Loo
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A boil water notice remains in effect for Bethel’s Trailer Court neighborhood. Authorities have traced the trigger for the notice back to a single home in the subdivision found to contain E. Coli bacteria in its water supply.

Though authorities believe the water is not contaminated system-wide, they have continued to raise the system’s chlorine levels higher than normal as a precaution. This may make even boiled water taste strongly of chlorine, but isn’t harmful.

Bethel authorities should lift the notice sometime early this week after Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) makes an inspection.