Partial water ban remains for Nibley City residents

A do-not-drink order remains in effect for Nibley City residents as officials continue to flush the city’s water system.

City manager David Zook said city utility workers have repeatedly flushed the 50 miles of pipe that connect resident’s homes. The city also drained and flushed its one-million-gallon reservoir on Saturday.

Several water samples have been sent to a lab in Salt Lake City for testing. Even though the results show the water is clean, Zook said officials aren’t sure the contamination has been eliminated.

“We didn’t sample every inch of those 50-miles of pipe,” said Zook. “We only sampled it in a couple locations, so a couple locations were clean however there could be pockets throughout the system still that haven’t been flushed yet. We would like to allow for some additional time to flush everything out so that it’s clean.”

The Cache County School District said Heritage and Nibley Elementary Schools will be open Monday morning with regular breakfast and hot lunch service. Students are being encouraged to bring a water bottle with clean water because drinking fountains at the school will not be operable.

The water ban was issued Wednesday after diesel fuel was found in the city’s water system. The contamination was discovered after a resident reported an odor coming from their water. City officials at the same time were alerted about a fuel spill last weekend that is believed to have been the cause.

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