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December 28, 2007

Update: Boil-water advisory lifted in Woonsocket

The boil-water warning for northeast Woonsocket has been lifted, after tests showed no contamination in the city’s public water system, Woonsocket Water Supt. Carol Lariviere said this morning.

“It’s great, it’s definitely fantastic,” Lariviere said.

The boil-water warning had been issued Wednesday after a 12-inch water main on Diamond Hill Road broke, reducing water pressure and resulting in discolored water in some parts of the system along Elder Ballou Meeting House Road, Bound Raod and Diamond Hill Road. It also drained the 1.2 million-gallon Diamond Hill Road water tank.

No evidence of contamination was found either before or after the break was fixed, but city and state health officials issued the warning to about 3,000 residents in the affected area as a precaution. Water service in the rest of the city was never affected, Lariviere said.

The line was repaired Wednesday night and pumps are being used to maintain pressure while they water tank is gradually refilled. Lariviere said the water tank, which towers over Diamond Hill Road near the Cumberland line, is being disinfected and gradually refilled. That process should be finished by the end of next week, she said.

-- Journal staff writer John Hill

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