Eldon placed under boil water order

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The City of Eldon was placed under a boil order by the state’s Department of Natural Resources, the city announced in a Tuesday social media post.

A letter from the DNR says the city “has exceed the E. coli Maximum Containment Level” in May. The DNR’s website lists fecal coliform/E. coli as the contaminants of concern.

A routine sample that was collected on May 20 from the distribution system tested positive for E. coli, as did three samples that were taken in the same area on Monday.

The city will hold an emergency City Council meeting at 6 p.m. to discuss the boil order, the post says. More than 4,400 people live in the city.

Eldon went through a three-week boil order this past winter.