{"id":359032,"date":"2025-12-20T00:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359032\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T00:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:48:09","slug":"sheridan-residents-under-boil-water-notice-following-pressure-loss-in-city-water-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359032\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheridan residents under boil water notice following pressure loss in city water system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHERIDAN, Ore. \u2014 People living in Sheridan are under a boil water notice after the city\u2019s water system lost pressure on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The city said all water service connections in the city could have potentially harmful bacteria in the water.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone should boil the water (and let it cool) before drinking it, washing food or dishes, brushing their teeth or any other ways they could ingest the bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf these bacteria are present, they could make you sick and are a particular concern for people with weakened immune systems,\u201d the City of Sheridan said.<\/p>\n<p>The notice follows a winter storm that caused flooding and power outages across much of the Western Oregon region.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE | <a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/drier-weather-arrives-as-atmospheric-river-moves-into-california-oregon-southwest-washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drier weather arrives as atmospheric river moves into California<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The city is conducting tests for contamination in the pipelines. There\u2019s no word on how long the advisory will last.<\/p>\n<p>More from the City of Sheridan:<\/p>\n<p>Customers should bring water to a rolling boil for a full one (1) minute, allow the water to cool before using, and store the cooled water in a clean container with a cover. Customers should use boiled water for:<\/p>\n<p>DrinkingBrushing teethWashing fruits and vegetablesPreparing food and baby formulaMaking iceCleaning food contact surfaces and containersComment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (1)<\/p>\n<p>We will inform you when tests show no bacteria, and you no longer need to boil your water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHERIDAN, Ore. \u2014 People living in Sheridan are under a boil water notice after the city\u2019s water system&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-359032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}