Updated 5/1/20

The CDC has published Guidance for Building Water Systems to help minimize the risk of diseases associated with water that has likely become stagnant in many buildings as they start to re-open.

The guidance recommends an eight-step process before reopening a building, which includes flushing the water system and maintaining the water system.

This is  not action  that private building owners are required to do and there are no regulatory requirements for our public water systems to do anything.     

Measures to combat COVID-19 statewide have resulted in many buildings  such as restaurants, offices, factories and hotels  to be unoccupied for extended periods of time.

Extended building vacancies have the potential to impact drinking water quality within the premises due to non-use.  

When buildings become vacant for extended periods, stagnation of the water within the pipes can result in deteriorated water quality.