Allen County now under a boil water advisory

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – Along with the power outages due to last weekend’s winter storm, citizens of Allen County are now under a boil water advisory.

Due to an Allen County Water District pipe freezing and bursting, citizens are now under a boil water advisory.

For the 900 people in western Allen County under the advisory, they must boil the water before drinking or using it to cook their food, and that is assuming those households have power.

Dirt, debris, chemicals and numerous other things could be in the water at the moment and boiling it is the safest way to use or consume it.

With both the outages and boil water advisory affecting Allen County, city officials are doing everything they can to help the community.

“We’re doing everything we can to help alleviate some of that strain,” said Dennis Harper, Allen County judge executive. “We had water at a point there where they can come and get cases of water. We do still have plenty of water available if they need drinking water from that area, they can come to Scottsville Volunteer Fire Department Station Number Two and pick up a case of water or two cases of water if they need that,” Harper added.

Scottsville Fire Department Station Number Two is located at 1555 New Gallatin Road.