{"id":853733,"date":"2026-09-19T23:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T23:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/853733\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T23:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T23:30:12","slug":"boil-water-advisory-issued-for-city-of-kalamazoo-water-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/853733\/","title":{"rendered":"Boil water advisory issued for City of Kalamazoo water customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

KALAMAZOO, Mich. \u2014 A boil water advisory was issued Saturday for all City of Kalamazoo water customers.<\/p>\n

According to city officials, E. coli bacteria was found in one sample Friday; three repeat samples were collected, and one sample was total coliform-positive, but did not contain E. coli.<\/p>\n

Crews with the Kalamazoo City Emergency Management are collecting additional samples to determine the extent of the problem.<\/p>\n

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The boil water advisory applies only to those consuming water within the City of Kalamazoo’s Low and High pressure districts.<\/p>\n

Customers should use bottled water or bring tap water to a rolling boil and boil for at least two minutes before using it for drinking, making ice, preparing food, brushing teeth, washing dishes, or other consumptive purposes, city officials said in a post.<\/p>\n

There are no special precautionary measures for water used for bathing or showering, according to city officials.<\/p>\n

E. coli is a bacteria that indicates that the water may be contaminated with human or animal wastes, according to health officials. They may pose a greater health risk for infants, young children, some of the elderly, and people with compromised immune systems.<\/p>\n

City crews anticipate resolving the problem by Tuesday, Sept. 22.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact the City of Kalamazoo at 311 or (269) 337-8000 during business hours. For water emergencies, contact the City of Kalamazoo Water Emergency number at (269) 337-8148.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KALAMAZOO, Mich. \u2014 A boil water advisory was issued Saturday for all City of Kalamazoo water customers. According…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-853733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853733","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=853733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}