{"id":5983,"date":"2025-05-26T08:31:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=5983"},"modified":"2025-05-26T08:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:31:48","slug":"massachusetts-towns-recommend-boiling-e-coli-out-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/massachusetts-towns-recommend-boiling-e-coli-out-of-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Towns Recommend Boiling E. 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However, in particular moments of crisis, it can become necessary. Such is the situation for six towns in Massachusetts, who received orders to boil their water until further notice. The order came down after studies discovered E. coli in the local water system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is hard to grasp the inconvenience caused by such an order until you consider all the uses for water in the household. The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2025\/05\/6-mass-towns-ordered-to-boil-water-due-to-e-coli-contamination.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> order urged citizens to boil their water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for cooking, cleaning, watering their pets, and more. It even urged caution to not accidentally swallow any water during showers, due to the danger of the contaminant. Otherwise they become vulnerable to health effects like nausea, headaches, cramps, and more. 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In their recent study, they found that many prolonged droughts can cause a higher risk of exposure to arsenic in well water. Maine, New England, the Midwest, and the Southwest are all areas whose arsenic levels are regularly higher than the federal level allows. Although municipal water supplies are carefully monitored, private well water is not. This can be a danger to Americans because over 43 million people rely on private well water. A previous study revealed that somewhere between 1.5 and 2.9 million people are drinking water with unsafe levels of arsenic, and this number may increase to over 4 million in case of a drought.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increased levels of arsenic may be caused by a decrease in groundwater levels, which causes changes in water chemistry. There are also some human responses to droughts, such as using ground water rather than surface water, which may also affect exposure. The number of droughts is expected to increase as a result of climate change, exposing even more Americans to unsafe drinking water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arsenic is highly dangerous because it causes a wide variety of health issues, and is odorless, colorless and tasteless - making it undetectable without a test. To help combat this issue, many states which are at high risk for droughts have programs to provide private well owners with arsenic tests. Although not all testing is free, these programs help make it affordable since it is recommended to test water every 3-5 years. 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