Greenville boil-water notice is lifted

GREENVILLE, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has lifted its boil water notice to customers of the Greenville Municipal Authority.
The boil notice was canceled as of 9:30 a.m. Monday after the authority was able to assure the DEP that the water going into homes and businesses in Greenville is now safe, said Kelly Burch, DEP's Northwest Regional Director.
DEP issued the boil water notice Nov. 4, advising users of the system to boil water before drinking it or using it for cooking because the water wasn't being properly filtered after the failure of a pump used to draw raw water from the Shenango River into the authority's filtration plant.
A temporary pump was put into operation within the plant last week, and since Friday, water coming from the plant has been clear and the plant has operated normally, Burch said.
However, because the current repairs are temporary, customers should continue to limit their water usage as much as possible.
The authority's old pump failed Oct. 26 and a new one failed a week later. It has since been sent back to the manufacturer in Kansas to be rebuilt and is expected back at the filtration plant later this week.
The water system serves 3,700 customers in the Greenville area.