If you live in the south of Greve, you must remember to boil the water before you drink it.
It has emerged, after the identified soil bacteria, the so-called coliform bakteri, on the Greve Water to the South.
the water utility delivers water to the southern Count and the area Skovbo Avenue. They will send messages out to those on the sms and will continually make updates on the website, write Greve Kommune on Facebook.
the water utility informs on their website that it applies only to the area around Karlslunde.
Baktierne was found in the context of a statutory water sample by Water to the South, which is located in Karlslunde. Here was a quantity of coliform bacteria higher than the permitted in a single sample.
the Facts
Coliform bacteria are an umbrella term for a very large group of bacteria, which is primarily linked to aqueous environments. Coliform bacteria is common in soil, water and decaying parts of plants.
Source: Greve Water works
Therefore, the municipality has stopped the supply of water from Karlslunde Water company. Instead, it comes the water now temporarily from HOFOR. Greve Water works has today, Thursday, ordered new samples.
Boil water
How to boil you drinking water
By cooking heats the water up to 100 °C for 1 minute. The water must thus ”spilkoge” in a minute. It beats most of the microorganisms to death. It is important that both the temperature (rapid boiling) and the time observed.
You can boil the water in a kettle or a pot. If you are using a kettle, boil the water once, so it is waiting for you in 2 to 5 minutes also bring you once again the kettle to boil. After the boil you let the water cool before the f.ex. poured in bottles. Avoid using soft plastic bottles, which can give the water taint of plastic.
Water in the coffee – and themaskiner will not be warm enough for long enough, so they can therefore not be used to boil water in.
Source: Greve Municipality
