From the city of Great Bend
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded a Do Not Drink Order for Great Bend Industrial Park public water supply system located in Barton County.
The order was issued because of disinfection equipment being offline for maintenance and elevated nitrate levels.
This did not affect customers of the City of Great Bend water supply system within the city.
Laboratory testing of drinking water samples collected from the Great Bend Industrial Park public water supply system indicate no evidence of bacteriological contamination and all other conditions that placed the system at risk of bacteriological contamination are deemed by KDHE officials to be resolved.
Due to continued elevated nitrates in the well water, KDHE is still advising customers of Great Bend Industrial Park to not boil their water, as nitrate levels cannot be reduced by boiling, freezing, filtering, or letting water settle. Excessive boiling can concentrate the nitrates as water evaporates.