BREAKING NEWS: Rapidan Service Authority, Health Department Lift Do Not Drink Water Advisory
No contaminants have been discovered to explain "objectionable odor."
By Adele Uphaus
MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT
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Orange County residents can once again drink water supplied by the Rapidan Service Authority.
The Authority and the Virginia Department of Health announced this afternoon that the Do Not Drink Water advisory issued over the weekend has been lifted.
“A multi-agency response investigation, led by [the VDH Office of Drinking Water] has not found any reason for the advisory to continue,” a press release from the VDH states.
A Do Not Use Water advisory went into effect last Wednesday, after reports of an objectionable odor coming from the water supply provided by the Wilderness water treatment plant.
On Saturday this advisory was changed to a Do Not Drink Water advisory.
“Laboratory sampling data over multiple days continually demonstrated that the drinking water fully complies with federal and state drinking water standards,” the press release states. “This data was reviewed by [the Office of Drinking Water’s] subject matter experts, toxicologists, and U.S. EPA Region 3 staff.”
The multiple state agencies involved could not identify the source or cause of the odor, the press release states, and laboratories were unable to identify any contaminant.
The Office of Drinking Water “will pursue any new development that would warrant investigation or follow-up.”
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