The Chautauqua County Health Department and the Village of Fredonia have issued a boil water order for all Village of Fredonia water customers and properties outside the village boundaries supplied by the Fredonia water system. A treatment technique violation at the water treatment plant resulted in high turbidity such that water entering the distribution system was not adequately treated. This water could contain harmful microbes. Boiling the water kills bacteria and other microbes that may be present. All Fredonia water customers must boil water used for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth and making coffee until further notice. Water must be brought to a rolling boil for one minute then cooled prior to use.
For more information, call the Village of Fredonia at (716) 679-2307 or the Chautauqua County Health Department at (716) 753-4481.
