ELLSWORTH, Maine — A boil-water order issued Thursday afternoon after a temporary water line was broken has been lifted.
Assistant Ellsworth City Manager Tammy Mote said the Maine Department of Transportation was working on State Street when crews broke the line. The break caused the water pressure in the system to fall below a 20-pound-per-square inch limit that prompts automatic boil-water orders because of the possibility of pathogens entering the supply.
The boil-water order, issued at 4 p.m. Thursday, recommended that people boil for five minutes any water that would be consumed, including what would be used for brushing teeth.
Mote said early Friday that the line was being repaired and the system flushed.
At about 1:30 p.m. Friday, Mote sent out a notice that the water had been tested and was safe to drink again.
Ellsworth’s water source is the 3,000-acre Branch Lake located in the city. The Ellsworth Water Department is a municipal department.