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Locust Grove's private well users warned of issues with water safety

 
BY SUSAN HYLTON - Tulsa World | Published: October 29, 2009    Comment on this article Leave a comment

LOCUST GROVE — Private water well users in the Locust Grove area should drink bottled water or hook up to a municipal or rural water system to ensure they have safe drinking water, according to findings released by state agencies Wednesday.

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What is recommended
The Department of Environmental Quality recommends one of the following in Locust Grove:


• Use bottled water for drinking, cooking and brushing teeth or boil water for drinking and other activities that involve intentional or accidental ingestion.


• Connect to a municipal or rural water supply where available.


• Equip the well with a full-time filtration and chlorination system.

Bacteria sources
The Department of Environmental Quality and the state Agriculture Department also identified "potential sources” of the bacteria:


• Poorly constructed or maintained wells.


• Leaking septic systems.


• Domestic animals in close proximity to wells.

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The Department of Environmental Quality and the state Agriculture, Food and Forestry Department surveyed wells within a five-mile radius of Locust Grove after the deadly E. coli outbreak at the Country Cottage restaurant in August 2008.

Department of Environmental Quality records show that 341 restaurant patrons were sickened by E. coli 0111, a rare type of the bacteria. Seventy were hospitalized, and many underwent dialysis. One man, Chad Ingle of Pryor, died.

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