The boil water advisory in West Baltimore comes as 150,000 residents of Jackson, Miss., are indefinitely without safe drinking water.
late Monday that he received a briefing on the contamination from the state Department of the Environment, which is assisting Baltimore City officials.Although E. coli was detected only in samples taken from West Baltimore locations, the city expanded the boil water advisory to parts of Baltimore and Howard counties as a precaution. The affected Southwestern Baltimore County neighborhoods include Arbutus, Halethorpe and Lansdowne.
The Baltimore Department of Public Works on Tuesday began distributing water in three locations — 1401 W. Lafayette Ave., Harlem Park Elementary/Middle School; 3301 Waterview Ave., Middle Branch Park; and 500 Third Ave., Landsdowne Library — with a limit of three gallons per household,Baltimore County officials are working on a plan to purchase and distribute water in addition to the locations set up by the city.
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