All Fredonia water customers including those in Town of Pomfret must boil their water used for drinking cooking, making ice, brushing teeth or making coffee until further notice. The Village had two failing bacteria samples in the distribution system. The laboratory results initially reported that one of the locations tested positive for E.coli.

However, a laboratory reporting error was discovered and the laboratory later confirmed that two (2) locations contained total coliformbut neither location contained E.coli bacteria. There are no indications that E.coli is present in the Fredonia watersystem. The presence of total coliform bacteria in two different points of the distribution system is cause forconcern and a boil water order remains in effect.

Boiling the water kills bacteria and other microbes that may be present. For more information contact the Village at 716-679-2307, the County at 716-753-4481 or go to the County Website: https://chqgov.com/news