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Sarah, Posted: June 20, 2011

SOMERSET, Mass. – Residents of Somerset, Massachusetts, are being told not to drink tap water for at least a couple of days because a lawn-care company may have inadvertently tainted the town’s water supply with hydro seeding material, WFXT 25 Boston reported June 1.

The town selectman said the company, contracted by the state, was hydro seeding an area near the new Veterans Memorial Bridge when they tapped into a fire hydrant without permission, and some of the mixture of mulch and seed may have been sent into the town water supply. Residents have been told not use town water to drink, make ice, wash food, or brush teeth. Water can be used for showering and other purposes. The town is flushing the system, and the state will conduct tests to make sure the water is safe.

Emergency workers were giving out bottles of water at their headquarters on Riverside Avenue, but ran out around 8 p.m. May 31. They resumed bottled water distribution at 7 a.m.  June 1.

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