The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for the City of Grenola public water supply system located in Elk County.

The advisory took effect on August 20th and will remain in effect until the conditions that placed the system at risk of bacterial contamination are resolved. KDHE officials issued the advisory because of a waterline break resulting in a loss of pressure in the distribution system.  Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination. Customers should boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation or use bottled water and dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice cubes from a household automatic ice maker.