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March 29, 2006

Police believe Blackstone water is safe

BLACKSTONE, Mass. -- A police official says there is no evidence that a public water facility was contaminated during a break-in Monday night at a public water facility.

Two 15-year-old boys have been charged in connection with the break-in, and a 15-year old girl may be charged with trespassing.

"We’re certain they didn’t dump anything into the water supply," Blackstone Police Lt. Gregory Gilmore said this morning.

But out of an abundance of caution, authorities are still urging residents not to touch their tap water until official test results are known later today.

Authorities discovered an empty 5-gallon bucket at the water department building, which fueled speculation that something was dumped into the 1.3 million-gallon water tank.

But authorities now believe the bucket was simply left over from a construction crew that recently worked on the building.

More than 9,000 people in Blackstone and North Smithfield have been affected.

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