The boil water advisory is still in effect for all City of Summerville water customers. Please drink bottled water until the boil water advisory is lifted. The City of Summerville is distributing free bottled water for drinking at 170 Cox Street Summerville 8am-6pm. We also have a tanker truck available 24 hours a day to fill your containers.

The City of Summerville is issuing this advisory due to the severe flooding at the water treatment plant on Sunday, September 4, 2022, which may be disrupting your water supply or causing water pressure in parts of the water system to drop to very low levels. The advisory is being issued out of an abundance of caution – there is the potential a health hazard may exist due to microbial contamination in these areas without positive pressure.

In order to protect the public from a potential health hazard, customers that have experienced water outages and/or low water pressures are advised to use only boiled tap water or bottled water for drinking, cooking, or preparing food. To properly boil tap water for use, customers should:

 Heat water until bubbles come quickly from the bottom of the container;
 Continue heating the water for one minute once it begins to boil;
 Remove the water from the heat source and allow to cool before use.

During a Boil Water Advisory, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that boiled tap water or bottled water be used for the following:

 Drinking
 Brushing teeth
 Washing food and preparing food and baby formula
 Making ice
 Drinking water for pets

Other activities such as clothes washing, dish washing and other uses can be done without boiling tap water, if done properly. The complete CDC guidance can be found at this website: https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/emergency/drinking/drinking-water-advisories/boil-water-advisory.html

The advisory is in effect until the City of Summerville has done the appropriate testing to be confident that there is no longer a public health concern. Customers will be notified immediately when the Advisory is lifted. Once the Advisory is lifted you should flush all faucets for a minimum of two minutes before using for drinking or food preparation.

From Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader:

Please be patient as we have moved our office sooner than anticipated due to flooding. The office number has been transferred and is still 706.857.3411 and the jail number is still 706.857.0717. We don’t have the ability to do fingerprinting for firearms and employment background checks just yet. Also, our computer server was damaged as well as alot of our computers. We will create and provide reports as soon as possible. Thanks for all the prayers during this time and we look forward to being up and fully operational as soon as possible!!

STATEMENT FROM CITY OF SUMMERVILLE ON WATER (10:18AM)

We need to slow down on water intake. The high rise and other senior living areas and low income housing with small children will still need help with adequate water supply. EMS has had a few medical calls with sick people who were drinking the water.

Also, to anyone that has been distributing water to the public, please inventory so we can follow up on what to do once this dies down. Per Department of Public Health, if water is out of date, it cannot be distributed to the public.

Customers in the following areas will continue to experience low water pressure or no water until the reservoirs are filled, which could take two to three days:

Residents North of Trucktown on Hwy 27
Rocky Hollow Rd and surrounding areas
Autumnwood Dr
Orchard Hill Rd
Orchard Rd
Buice Lane
Dickeyville area

Residents that have water, please continue to conserve water for the next few days.

The Trion Bulldogs scored early and often while the defense pitched a shutout Friday night over the visiting Gordon Central Warriors.  The final score was 57-0.  Trion moves to 3-0 on the season and will host Model at home next Friday in their final non-region contest.