Post by Logan on Apr 9, 2016 6:48:10 GMT -6
The state issued a boil water advisory for Wellesley College on Friday covering four of the school’s buildings, including a child care center, after a water source tested positive for E. coli, town officials said.
Students and faculty were advised at 4:30 p.m. to boil water before drinking it in the affected locations -- Weston Terrace and Fiske House, two residential buildings; the Child Study Center, an academic building; and Wellesley Community Children’s Center, said Sofiya Cabalquinto, a college spokeswoman.
There were no reports of individuals getting sick from drinking the water, Cabalquinto said. The two residential buildings house faculty members, not any students, she said.
E. coli is mostly harmless and found in the intestines of people and animals. But its presence in a water supply could indicate that the water is contaminated with feces and pathogens that cause illness, according to the website of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, which issued the advisory on Friday.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/04/08/wellesley-college-told-boil-water-after-coli-found/ZbkyRHww2XGzLCSUcgdJCJ/story.html
Students and faculty were advised at 4:30 p.m. to boil water before drinking it in the affected locations -- Weston Terrace and Fiske House, two residential buildings; the Child Study Center, an academic building; and Wellesley Community Children’s Center, said Sofiya Cabalquinto, a college spokeswoman.
There were no reports of individuals getting sick from drinking the water, Cabalquinto said. The two residential buildings house faculty members, not any students, she said.
E. coli is mostly harmless and found in the intestines of people and animals. But its presence in a water supply could indicate that the water is contaminated with feces and pathogens that cause illness, according to the website of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, which issued the advisory on Friday.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/04/08/wellesley-college-told-boil-water-after-coli-found/ZbkyRHww2XGzLCSUcgdJCJ/story.html