{"id":127535,"date":"2024-11-19T05:53:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T22:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127535"},"modified":"2024-11-19T05:53:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T22:53:51","slug":"asheville-lifts-boil-water-notice-for-first-time-since-helene-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127535","title":{"rendered":"Asheville lifts boil water notice for first time since Helene flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1188073305.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Dr. Kimberly J. Dechant, the chief of staff of Asheville City Schools, spoke about the part-time reopening of schools in Asheville, when the students will return full-time, the availability of clean freshwater in the school and the Teddy Bear Project the students participated in. Oct. 29, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>ASHEVILLE, N.C.<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/north-carolina\/asheville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asheville<\/a> residents were told Monday that the water is safe to drink again nearly two months after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Helene<\/a> caused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/flood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flooding<\/a> and damaged the water system.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Asheville city officials lifted the boil water notice for all customers on Monday at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Residents who had running water have been boiling it since Sept. 26 when Helene dropped more than 30 inches of rain in parts of western <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina<\/a>, causing rivers to swell and flood communities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/helene-death-toll-surpasses-100-north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming at least 102 lives in the state<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Flooding wiped out Asheville&#8217;s primary and secondary water systems. Once the systems were restored, a boil water notice was put in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Water Resources lab staff finished sampling the distribution system and results have confirmed that the water supply is free from contaminants,&#8221; the city said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">When Asheville city schools reopened one month after Helene, district officials worked with the nonprofit Water Mission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/asheville-students-schools-helene-reopen-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to install water filtration systems<\/a> to provide safe drinking water for their students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Buncombe County said customers could resume normal water system usage but asked residents to temporarily avoid large-volume activities like filling bathtubs, watering landscaping, filling swimming pools and taking abnormally long showers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/asheville-lifts-boil-water-notice-first-time-since-helene-flooding\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Kimberly J. 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