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UPDATED at 9 a.m. Wednesday
The St. Louis Water Division lifted a boil advisory Wednesday morning that had been in effect for one day for several neighborhoods in parts of north and south city. About 25,000 customers live in the areas affected.
Boil advisory issued Tuesday for these areas of St. Louis.
Officials said the Water Division found no contamination in the water supply, and the advisory was lifted once results of water tests came back.
The boil advisory had been put in place Tuesday because the Chain of Rocks treatment plant was having issues with its power supply, leading to low water pressure. The areas under the boil advisory were parts of the city that are at the highest elevations in the water system.
The affected areas in north St. Louis were:
The areas in south St. Louis were:
A boil advisory means customers are urged to boil water vigorously for three minutes before using it for drinking, food preparation and brushing teeth. Ice cubes from an automatic ice machine should be thrown away.
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