{"id":237125,"date":"2026-07-07T00:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237125\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T00:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T00:28:07","slug":"boil-water-advisory-for-norristown-and-plymouth-township-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237125\/","title":{"rendered":"Boil water advisory for Norristown and Plymouth Township \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A boil water advisory has been issued for parts of Montgomery County on Monday, according to Pennsylvania American Water. <\/p>\n<p>The advisory was issued on Monday, July 6 after there was a reported loss of &#8220;positive pressure in the distribution system due to an equipment failure,&#8221; a company spokesperson explained. <\/p>\n<p>This failure could mean that the water has been contaminated. <\/p>\n<p>The advisory has been issued for residents living in the Municipality of Norristown and Plymouth Township who get their water from Pennsylvania American Water. <\/p>\n<p>The company said it will inform impacted customers when the advisory has been lifted. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amwater.com\/paaw\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amwater.com\/paaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>How to treat water under a boil water advisory<\/p>\n<p>When under a boil water advisory, do not use water for anything unless it has been boiled first.<\/p>\n<p>The steps include:<\/p>\n<p>Bring water to a rolling boil<\/p>\n<p>Let the water boil for one minute<\/p>\n<p>Then, let the water cool<\/p>\n<p>Failing to boil water properly could lead to health issues including nausea, cramps, diarrhea or headaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A boil water advisory has been issued for parts of Montgomery County on Monday, according to Pennsylvania American&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[200,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-237125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-montgomery-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237125","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=237125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}