Paulding County lifts its boil water notice after four days

The boil water notice for the southwest portion of Paulding County has been lifted, the county’s water system announced Friday. It had been active since Monday.

Laurie Ashmore said a pump at a Dallas station that services the Union and Yorkville parts of Paulding had failed, affecting flow to 3,900 customers.

Customers in those areas — those who had water — were told to boil water for drinking, cooking and preparing baby food for at least a minute after reaching a roaring boil.

Credit: Paulding County Water System

Credit: Paulding County Water System

The pump had been fixed on Tuesday, but there are lots of steps to getting safe water back, Ashmore said.

That afternoon crews were getting water to the Union area to create pressure before sending it to Yorkville. They tested the water Thursday, waited for the results and had to get the OK from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.

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Ashmore said she’d received complaints from some neighbors who said they weren’t getting water at all, which was due to the hills in the area.

The failed pump was partially caused by the cold weather and snow that hit the area over the weekend, she said. Some sensors were affected by frozen water.

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