{"id":1547,"date":"2025-10-15T12:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/1547\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T12:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:07:07","slug":"hellertown-lifts-boil-water-advisory-after-unexpected-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/1547\/","title":{"rendered":"Hellertown lifts boil-water advisory after unexpected delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FSXSQXGC3VBUBD7ZQNVV4LHLPU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HellertownBorough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HellertownBorough\">Hellertown<\/a> Borough Authority customers no longer need to boil their water, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ESUPTX2HW5H47NMSB2OIAY2OWQ\">Following a main break Thursday, sampling and testing required by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection shows the boil-water advisory can be lifted, authority officials announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FL6AS6P7IBCZHKMLZUQPUGMXKM\">The borough on Sunday announced a delay in lifting the advisory due to a power outage at its testing lab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XTGOYS4UIZFJNDRPJVGCXEJXUI\">\u201cWe apologize for the disruption in your water service and we appreciate our customers\u2019 understanding,\u201d borough officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6OSC2YLSNFCKVKACERVELD722Y\">The advisory had alerted customers that due to the loss of positive pressure in portions of the system and in an effort to ensure the highest level of safety, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/bethlehem\/2025\/10\/boil-water-advisory-in-place-for-hellertown-residents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/bethlehem\/2025\/10\/boil-water-advisory-in-place-for-hellertown-residents.html\">tap water should be boiled for at least one minute<\/a> prior to consuming or using it for cooking, brushing of teeth and other personal uses.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hellertown Borough Authority customers no longer need to boil their water, officials said Tuesday. Following a main break&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}