Greenfield boil advisory has been lifted

Greenfield City Manager Betty Bishop has told The Highland County Press that the boil advisory that was enacted several days ago for the Greenfield area has been lifted. 

"I want to assure each one of you we have taken every means available to us at this time to try to get the correct message out to the community," Bishop said earlier this week. 

The village was placed under a boil order when Greenfield Water Plant Operator Nathan Campbell said that several wells tested positive for fecal coliform, or E. coli bacteria. 

Bishop said that according to the village's official statement, "Bacterial contamination can occur when increased run-off enters the drinking water source (for example, following heavy rains). It also can happen due to a break in the distribution system (pipes) or a failure in the water treatment process. We are investigating and taking the necessary steps to correct the problem as soon as possible."

On Friday, Jan. 27, Campbell, according to Bishop, "got a questionable sample from one of the wells. We shut that well down and the ones on each side of it as a precaution and issued a boil alert to the South East section of town. Nathan came in on Saturday and retested and took those samples to be tested. On Monday when the tests came back, he put the alert to all over town just to be safe. He feels he has taken every precaution that he can above and beyond what is necessary. We know we have the best water available, and we know we are doing everything possible to get the boil alert lifted as soon as possible."

It was initially stated that the boil order would be in place for seven days, but according to Bishop, it was lifted around 5 p.m. on Thursday.