Eastern Bartholomew issues boil water notice for customers who lost water service Wednesday

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COLUMBUS, Ind. — Eastern Bartholomew Water experienced a water outage Wednesday after a water line in the Rockcreek area was damaged by another utility company.

The water company also had an outage in its after-hours phone system which was out of service. The phone system continues to be out at this time.

Customers who lost water service are under a boil water advisory for the next 48 hours.

Any water that is to be consumed or used for cooking purposes should be boiled for at least 5 minutes and cooled before consuming.