Cape Girardeau officials have issued a boil water advisory for the entire city.
The alert went out at 5:14 a.m. Thursday, March 5: “Subsequent to water main repairs or construction which may have caused water pressure to drop below 20 psi, a precautionary boil water advisory has been issued for the City of Cape Girardeau. The advisory is precautionary only and no contamination of the system has been detected.”
JJ Ridings of Alliance Water, manager of the municipal water system, said the advisory was because of a power outage at the water treatment plant.