Do Not Drink & Boil Water Orders

Do Not Drink and Boil Water Orders are issued when there is a serious risk to public health. The Bureau of Safe Drinking Water must be made aware of the issue requiring these notices immediately. Public Water Systems are required to contact their facility manager within 24 hours regarding the specifics of the problem that required issuance of a Boil Water Order or Do Not Drink Order.

The templates below are intended to assist a water system that needs to notify customers of Boil Water or Do Not Drink events.

Boil Water orders

• E. coli Present samples
  • Precautionary Boil Water Order Public Notice
  • Official Boil Water Order Public Notice English
  • Official Boil Water Order Public Notice Spanish
• Other Boil Water Order Events Boil Water Rescind Notice
  • Precautionary Boil Water Order Guidance for Public Water Systems
  • Loss of Pressure Boil Water Order Public Notice
  • Boil Water Order Rescind Notice Template 
• Do Not Drink Orders
  • Nitrate Public Notice Template 
  • Unknown Water Quality Public Notice Template
  • Do Not Drink Notice Rescind Template