Day: September 7, 2009

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has partially lifted the Boil Water Order for the majority of the City of Gloucester at 7:00 this evening.

The locations still under the Boil Order are those served by the Blackburn Water Tower and are as follows:

Adams Place

Beckford Street

Blackburn Center

Blackburn Drive

Blackburn Industrial Park

Crestview Terrace

Dodge Street

Dory Road

Dove Lane

Essex Street

Forrest Street

Gale Road

Great Republic Drive

Green Street

Harrison Avenue

Harrison Terrace

Heritage Way

Ledgemont Avenue

Lendall Street

Millet Street

Mt. Vernon Street from Oak Street to Sadler Street

Perkin’s Peak

Perkins Street – Upper Area –Mt. Vernon to Perkins’s Peak

Sibley Street

Skywood Terrace

Summit Street

Trask Street

Fuller School

MESSAGE FROM MAYOR KIRK:

I understand how difficult the past few weeks have been. We are working day and night to restore stability to the water system. An official CODE RED message will be issued once the Boil Order is removed from these locations.

To sign up for CODE RED, the city’s emergency notification system, please see the city of Gloucester’s web site at  http://www.ci.gloucester.ma.us on the home page under the CODE RED link. Updates on the water situation are also posted twice daily on the city website at noon and 6pm in addition to all local media outlets.

For more information, please contact:

Public Information Officer

Deputy Chief Miles Schlichte

mschlichte@gloucester-ma.gov
To read the GDT article, click here.