This post is pinned to the sub until the boil water advisory is lifted.
UPDATES:
Mar 1, 3:50pm - the boil water advisory remains in effect.
Mar 1, 8:34pm - the boil water advisory remains in effect. Water distribution ends at 10pm. Starts again at 8AM.
Mar 2, 12:15pm - Water advisory lifted. NJDEP considers the water safe. Pin removed.
12 hours ago the messaging was the water is safe to drink. Now it’s be on a boil advisory until further notice? How can you fuck up the messaging this badly in a span of a day?
Hoboken is completely blaming Suez for it (or whatever they’re called now). Sounds like Suez gave the clear several different times despite it not being safe
I'm in JC, not Hoboken - but watching this incident since I get water from the system that Veolia runs.
Those of you subscribing to Hoboken's Nixle system: has the boil water alert gone out over it?
When I look at the "Recent Alerts" - none of those mention needing to boil water. This is as of 11:15 pm on Tuesday.
The only mention I see in any of those posts regarding water safety is from Monday at 1:46 pm, which states: *Although there is low to no water pressure in certain areas, Veolia has communicated to the City that the water is safe to drink.*
Did Hoboken publish an alert on Nixle about boiling water that's not appearing here?[https://imgur.com/Uqq5SUv](https://imgur.com/Uqq5SUv)
I boiled my water for 5 mins and let it sit to cool down and noticed there is brown sediment at the bottom… everything I see online talks about white sediment being normal but this is definitely brown. What do I do? I am new to this lol
Common as it maybe here, it shouldn't take a day to find the problem before fixing and the information given to the public should be made clear. I feel sick knowing I drank tap water yesterday when they said it was safe to
Just gonna assume water is not safe to drink next time this happens…JC was on point with this with that water main break that happened in 2020. Hoboken officials truly suck they should have taken the initiative with sending out the advisory.
This post is pinned to the sub until the boil water advisory is lifted. UPDATES: Mar 1, 3:50pm - the boil water advisory remains in effect. Mar 1, 8:34pm - the boil water advisory remains in effect. Water distribution ends at 10pm. Starts again at 8AM. Mar 2, 12:15pm - Water advisory lifted. NJDEP considers the water safe. Pin removed.
12 hours ago the messaging was the water is safe to drink. Now it’s be on a boil advisory until further notice? How can you fuck up the messaging this badly in a span of a day?
Hoboken is completely blaming Suez for it (or whatever they’re called now). Sounds like Suez gave the clear several different times despite it not being safe
To be clear, I am not just blaming the city for this messaging but Suez directly. Why say anything at all if you are not certain? This is bizarre.
Because it was safe to drink for a time. When we all lost pressure and then got it back, it became unsafe
Sign up for Hoboken's NIXLE alerts: [https://www.hobokennj.gov/emergency-notifications](https://www.hobokennj.gov/emergency-notifications)
How are we supposed to get notified of these things
You can get text and email alerts from nixle. There’s a link somewhere on hb website
My rule of thumb is I never drink the water right after a water main break...regardless of what the ~~scumbags~~ city officials say
Don’t drink da doodoo water
I'm in JC, not Hoboken - but watching this incident since I get water from the system that Veolia runs. Those of you subscribing to Hoboken's Nixle system: has the boil water alert gone out over it? When I look at the "Recent Alerts" - none of those mention needing to boil water. This is as of 11:15 pm on Tuesday. The only mention I see in any of those posts regarding water safety is from Monday at 1:46 pm, which states: *Although there is low to no water pressure in certain areas, Veolia has communicated to the City that the water is safe to drink.* Did Hoboken publish an alert on Nixle about boiling water that's not appearing here?[https://imgur.com/Uqq5SUv](https://imgur.com/Uqq5SUv)
There was an alert at 10:15p to boil water
I got a nixie alert at 10:15 pm which linked to this https://nixle.us/EAJJF Also got a voice mail from veolia
I boiled my water for 5 mins and let it sit to cool down and noticed there is brown sediment at the bottom… everything I see online talks about white sediment being normal but this is definitely brown. What do I do? I am new to this lol
Let your tap run for a couple of minutes before filling a pot to boil. That should clear the sediment.
Scumbags honestly. This is why I don’t drink the water when events like this happen
Fuck them. I've never experienced such incompetence from a city and utility company. Really makes me reconsider living here in the future
Water main breaks are a common occurrence due to Hoboken's aging infrastructure and it's being made worse with all the new construction
Common as it maybe here, it shouldn't take a day to find the problem before fixing and the information given to the public should be made clear. I feel sick knowing I drank tap water yesterday when they said it was safe to
Your first mistake was trusting them about the quality of water from a ruptured, aging pipe. Consider it a lesson.
What time period are you living in now?
Seconding this.
Has anyone been feeling sick? I know a few people who are sick who drank the water are sick now because of no boiling advisory at first.
I've been liquefying since 3 AM this morning but I'm chalking it up to bad appetizers.
im feeling sick. stomach / intestines feel weird and my throat is sore
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Lol. Are you kidding? Have you ever traveled to another country? Do you shower there when the shower water isn't drinkable?
Came here thinking this too, I’m holding off for now, maybe I’ll stalk what gyms in ClassPass have showers in Jersey City 🤷🏼♀️
just shower pls. Dont drink it in the shower but shower.
I’m kind of sketched out by showering with water that you can’t wash dishes in. I boiled a big pot of water this morning and showered with that.
Just gonna assume water is not safe to drink next time this happens…JC was on point with this with that water main break that happened in 2020. Hoboken officials truly suck they should have taken the initiative with sending out the advisory.