West Paris residents have gone weeks without safe drinking water - WGME

West Paris residents have gone weeks without safe drinking water

WEST PARIS (WGME) -- People in West Paris do not have safe drinking water right now.

Virtually everyone in town has been under a boil water order for two weeks, since it was discovered that the town water supply wasn’t properly protected.

There is a lot of frustration from residents who are now on week two of boiling any water used for consumption.

That means water for drinking, brushing your teeth, making ice cubes, washing your fruits and vegetables, all of that water has to come to a rolling boil before use.

The order is in effect until further notice.

West Paris Town Manager Joy Downing says the boil order happened after the state came and inspected the West Paris Water District’s reservoir. The state found holes and tears in the cover, and as a precaution, ordered residents to start boiling water.

The West Paris Water District is a separate entity from the town, and the town manager says it’s been hard to get any information from the water district.

“Complaining and frustrated because you’re not getting information unfortunately,” Downing said. “I know myself, I’m on town water, so it does make things a little rough when you’re not hearing anything.”

There is no timeline right now on when the cover will be fixed.

CBS13 reached out to the state water district for more information, but we haven’t heard back yet.