{"id":14125,"date":"2025-07-15T22:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=14125"},"modified":"2025-07-15T22:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:17:51","slug":"mattoon-do-not-drink-water-alert-is-back-in-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/14125-mattoon-do-not-drink-water-alert-is-back-in-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattoon Do Not Drink Water Alert is Back in Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Date: 7\/15\/2025 UNSAFE WATER ALERT<\/p>\n<p>City of Mattoon water is again possibly contaminated with (Microcystin) a Harmful Algal Bloom<\/p>\n<p>DO NOT DRINK YOUR WATER<br \/>\nFailure to follow this advisory could result in illness.<\/p>\n<p>A DO NOT DRINK ORDER is being reissued because a harmful algal bloom neurological toxin was found at 0.38 parts per billion level and the advisory level for a DO NOT DRINK order is 0.3 parts per billion. The Coles County Health Department, and City of Mattoon Water Treatment Plant are advising residents of the City of Mattoon Water Treatment Plant to NOT USE THE TAP WATER FOR DRINKING AND COOKING UNTILFURTHER NOTICE.<\/p>\n<p>What should I do?<\/p>\n<p>DO NOT DRINK YOUR TAP WATER&#8212;USE ONLY BOTTLED WATER. Bottled water should be used for all drinking (including baby formula and juice), brushing teeth, washing dishes, making ice and food preparation until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>DO NOT TRY AND TREAT THE WATER YOURSELF. Boiling, freezing, filtering, adding chlorine or other disinfectants, or letting water stand will not make the water safe. The Water Treatment personnel will be maximizing the treatment for this contaminant.<br \/>\nWe are waiting for further instruction from the IEPA. We will inform you when tests show that the water is safe once again.<\/p>\n<p>Timeline: We are testing daily and we are unsure when this will be rescinded.<\/p>\n<p>For more information call:<br \/>\nWater Utility contact: Water Plant \u2013 217-234-2454<br \/>\nLocal County Health Department: 217-348-0530<\/p>\n<p>This notice is being sent to you by Facility # City of Mattoon, System ID #. IL0290250 Date Distributed: 7\/15\/2025<br \/>\nPlease share this information with all other people who receive this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 7\/15\/2025 UNSAFE WATER ALERT City of Mattoon water is again possibly contaminated with (Microcystin) a Harmful Algal Bloom DO NOT DRINK YOUR WATER Failure to follow this advisory could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mattoon Do Not Drink Water Alert is Back in Effect - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/14125-mattoon-do-not-drink-water-alert-is-back-in-effect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mattoon Do Not Drink Water Alert is Back in Effect - 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