{"id":540920,"date":"2026-03-23T18:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/540920\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:59:34","slug":"boil-water-advisory-issued-for-eastern-oregon-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/540920\/","title":{"rendered":"Boil water advisory issued for Eastern Oregon city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6MF3UIQ6MBHWVBLSMUI43TOWHU.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - A resident boils water on an electric induction stove on Feb. 10, 2025, in New York. In Eastern Oregon, the city of Ontario is asking residents to boil their water &quot;vigorously&quot; before drinking.\" class=\"width_full\" style=\"aspect-ratio:5869 \/ 3913;width:100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; A resident boils water on an electric induction stove on Feb. 10, 2025, in New York. In Eastern Oregon, the city of Ontario is asking residents to boil their water &#8220;vigorously&#8221; before drinking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__image-by color_dgray f_s_xxs m-none\">John Minchillo \/ AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Some residents of Ontario, Oregon, will have to boil all water used for drinking and cooking after a mechanical failure at the city\u2019s water treatment plant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">The city of Ontario issued the advisory on Sunday, encouraging users of its water system to boil their water \u201cvigorously\u201d for at least one minute before using it for drinking or cooking. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yourwater.oregon.gov\/inventory.php?pwsno=00587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">State records show<\/a> the system has more than 14,000 customers. Residents should avoid making ice with the water if it hasn\u2019t been boiled ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">A water booster failed in the eastern part of the city \u2014 which is near the Oregon-Idaho border \u2014 leading to a sudden drop in water pressure below 20 pounds per square inch, or psi, according to the release. Such low pressures can lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/19january2017snapshot.epa.gov\/region8-waterops\/emergencies-and-security-loss-pressure_.html#:~:text=Distribution%20systems%20can%20lose%20pressure,per%20square%20inch%20(psi).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the potential growth of bacteria and other contaminants.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">It\u2019s still unclear if the water is currently unhealthy to drink or when the boil water notice will be lifted. Officials in Ontario said they will be performing tests while the notice is in effect. They also said backup boosters are operational and that water pressure has returned to normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE &#8211; A resident boils water on an electric induction stove on Feb. 10, 2025, in New York.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,242094,79],"class_list":["post-540920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ontario-eastern-oregon-water-city-hall","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540920","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=540920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}