Effective immediately, as of 3:49 PM on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, all required microbiological testing of water samples from the area affected by the boil water advisory issued for Colony Place in Sea Palms on St Simons Island on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 has passed. Results have been verified by our state-licensed technician within a certified laboratory environment.
This notification is an ALL-CLEAR and water used for drinking will no longer need to be boiled.
Though the water from this system can now be considered to meet safe drinking water standards, please discard any ice made within the last 48 hours.
If you are receiving this information from any source other than our Public Emergency Notification System by Everbridge, please subscribe to receive these alerts via text, email or phone call instantly when the alert is posted.
Until 4:00 pm this afternoon on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, the intersection of Union Street and East Peachtree Street on St. Simons Island will be closed to thru traffic to make an emergency water service tap replacement. Homeowner access will be maintained but all other traffic should be prepared to take another route.
For more information on the project, please contact Jay Sellers at 912.261.7123.
The BGJWSC apologizes in advance for the inconvenience.
The St Simons Island water system lost pressure to Colony Place in Sea Palms on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 for the installation of a gate valve needed to accommodate a pending water main replacement. After service has been restored, BGJWSC lab personnel will collect water samples for testing. This testing, which will take between 22 and 24 hours, should be completed the evening of Wednesday, September 12, at which time an all-clear message will be posted.
This loss of pressure in the distribution system may cause back-pressure, back-siphonage, or a net movement of water from outside the pipe to the inside through cracks, breaks, or joints in the distribution system that are common in all water systems. Such a system failure carries with it a potential that bacterial contamination or other disease-causing organisms could enter the water distribution system. These conditions may pose an imminent and substantial health endangerment to persons served by the water system.
This precautionary boil water advisory is being published as a warning to those that live in, work in, or travel through the affected area. During the period of the loss of pressure, water will also not be available for fire suppression use. The map below indicates the limit to which this precautionary boil water advisory applies:
What should I do?
DO NOT DRINK THE WATER WITHOUT BOILING IT FIRST. Bring all water to a rolling boil for at least (3) three minutes, and let it cool before using, or use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes, and food preparation until further notice. Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water. ALL STORED WATER, DRINK OR ICE MADE RECENTLY FROM THIS SUPPLY SHALL BE DISCARDED.
Bathing, showering and toilet flushing may be performed using water from the tap without boiling it first.
Inadequately treated water may contain disease-causing organisms. These organisms include bacteria, viruses, and parasites which can cause symptoms such as diarrhea, cramps, nausea, headaches, or other symptoms. They may pose a special health risk for infants, young children, some of the elderly and people with severely compromised immune systems.
The symptoms above are not caused only by organisms in drinking water. If you experience any of these symptoms and they persist, you may want to seek medical advice. People at increased risk should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers.
What is being done?
As soon as pressure can be restored to the distribution system, our water lab personnel will take water samples that will be fully evaluated over the next twenty-four to forty-eight hour period following the repair of the main. Once we have determined that there is no longer a threat of harmful bacteria in the water, we will inform you that you are no longer required to boil your water by posting an update here on our website: http://www.bgjwsc.org.
Effective immediately, as of 8:21 PM on Sunday, September 9, 2018, all required microbiological testing of water samples from the area affected by the boil water advisory issued for Glynn Plaza to Goodyear Ave in Brunswick on Saturday, September 8, 2018 has passed. Results have been verified by our state-licensed technician within a certified laboratory environment.
This notification is an ALL-CLEAR and water used for drinking will no longer need to be boiled.
Though the water from this system can now be considered to meet safe drinking water standards, please discard any ice made within the last 48 hours.
If you are receiving this information from any source other than our Public Emergency Notification System by Everbridge, please subscribe to receive these alerts via text, email or phone call instantly when the alert is posted.
The Brunswick water system lost pressure to homes and businesses in the area between Glynn Plaza on Hwy 17 to Goodyear Ave, between J Street and I Street on Saturday, September 8, 2018 due to materials failure in a 6″ cast iron main. After service has been restored, BGJWSC lab personnel will collect water samples for testing. This testing, which will take between 22 and 24 hours, should be completed the evening of Sunday, September 9, at which time an all-clear message will be posted.
This loss of pressure in the distribution system may cause back-pressure, back-siphonage, or a net movement of water from outside the pipe to the inside through cracks, breaks, or joints in the distribution system that are common in all water systems. Such a system failure carries with it a potential that bacterial contamination or other disease-causing organisms could enter the water distribution system. These conditions may pose an imminent and substantial health endangerment to persons served by the water system.
This precautionary boil water advisory is being published as a warning to those that live in, work in, or travel through the affected area. During the period of the loss of pressure, water will also not be available for fire suppression use. The map below indicates the limit to which this precautionary boil water advisory applies:
What should I do?
DO NOT DRINK THE WATER WITHOUT BOILING IT FIRST. Bring all water to a rolling boil for at least (3) three minutes, and let it cool before using, or use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes, and food preparation until further notice. Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water. ALL STORED WATER, DRINK OR ICE MADE RECENTLY FROM THIS SUPPLY SHALL BE DISCARDED.
Bathing, showering and toilet flushing may be performed using water from the tap without boiling it first.
Inadequately treated water may contain disease-causing organisms. These organisms include bacteria, viruses, and parasites which can cause symptoms such as diarrhea, cramps, nausea, headaches, or other symptoms. They may pose a special health risk for infants, young children, some of the elderly and people with severely compromised immune systems.
The symptoms above are not caused only by organisms in drinking water. If you experience any of these symptoms and they persist, you may want to seek medical advice. People at increased risk should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers.
What is being done?
As soon as pressure can be restored to the distribution system, our water lab personnel will take water samples that will be fully evaluated over the next twenty-four to forty-eight hour period following the repair of the main. Once we have determined that there is no longer a threat of harmful bacteria in the water, we will inform you that you are no longer required to boil your water by posting an update here on our website: http://www.bgjwsc.org.
In order to perform a water main installation in the area, Belle Point Parkway in Brunswick will be closed to thru traffic on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Homeowner access will be maintained but all other traffic should be prepared to take another route.
For more information on the project, please contact Jay Sellers at 912.261.7123 or Alvin Hall at 261.7162.
The BGJWSC apologizes in advance for the inconvenience.
Effective immediately, as of 5:31 PM on Thursday, August 30, 2018, all required microbiological testing of water samples from the area affected by the boil water advisory issued for Dunkirk Lane in Brunswick on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 has passed. Results have been verified by our state-licensed technician within a certified laboratory environment.
This notification is an ALL-CLEAR and water used for drinking will no longer need to be boiled.
Though the water from this system can now be considered to meet safe drinking water standards, please discard any ice made within the last 48 hours.
If you are receiving this information from any source other than our Public Emergency Notification System by Everbridge, please subscribe to receive these alerts via text, email or phone call instantly when the alert is posted.
It’s with a heavy heart that we make you aware that one of our highly valued customer service employees, Dana Whitmore, passed away Wednesday morning, August 29, 2018. Dana had served the community with us over four years and was loved by both our customers and our staff. We believe that you couldn’t find a sweeter, kinder and big-hearted lady anywhere. She loved her job and always looked forward to helping our customers. She always had a smile on her face. Days where others might have suffered under a mountain of stress seemed to never bring her down. She will be deeply missed by those that had the blessing of building a relationship with her.
For the last month or so, she had been battling problems with her kidneys and her pancreas. After being admitted to the hospital August 2nd, it was discovered that Dana had passed a stone into her pancreas and medical staff couldn’t get her overwhelmed body to calm down enough so they could remove it. There were too many complications. Family and friends assembled quickly by her side to share their love and their memories of life with Dana. We are comforted to know that her husband, Bill, and her sister, Mary, were with her when she passed.
Please keep Bill and the family in your prayers as they go through this difficult time.
If you would like to attend visitation to pay respects and show love to the family, the visitation will be held at Edo Miller Funeral Home Friday night, August 31, from 6:00 to 8:00 with a service at Edo Miller Saturday afternoon, September 1, at 4:00.
The Brunswick water system lost pressure to residences on Dunkirk Lane in Royal Oaks on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 due to materials failure in a 2″ PVC main. After service has been restored, BGJWSC lab personnel will collect water samples for testing. This testing, which will take between 22 and 24 hours, should be completed the evening of Thursday, August 30, at which time an all-clear message will be posted.
This loss of pressure in the distribution system may cause back-pressure, back-siphonage, or a net movement of water from outside the pipe to the inside through cracks, breaks, or joints in the distribution system that are common in all water systems. Such a system failure carries with it a potential that bacterial contamination or other disease-causing organisms could enter the water distribution system. These conditions may pose an imminent and substantial health endangerment to persons served by the water system.
This precautionary boil water advisory is being published as a warning to those that live in, work in, or travel through the affected area. During the period of the loss of pressure, water will also not be available for fire suppression use. The map below indicates the limit to which this precautionary boil water advisory applies:
What should I do?
DO NOT DRINK THE WATER WITHOUT BOILING IT FIRST. Bring all water to a rolling boil for at least (3) three minutes, and let it cool before using, or use bottled water. Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes, and food preparation until further notice. Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water. ALL STORED WATER, DRINK OR ICE MADE RECENTLY FROM THIS SUPPLY SHALL BE DISCARDED.
Bathing, showering and toilet flushing may be performed using water from the tap without boiling it first.
Inadequately treated water may contain disease-causing organisms. These organisms include bacteria, viruses, and parasites which can cause symptoms such as diarrhea, cramps, nausea, headaches, or other symptoms. They may pose a special health risk for infants, young children, some of the elderly and people with severely compromised immune systems.
The symptoms above are not caused only by organisms in drinking water. If you experience any of these symptoms and they persist, you may want to seek medical advice. People at increased risk should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers.
What is being done?
As soon as pressure can be restored to the distribution system, our water lab personnel will take water samples that will be fully evaluated over the next twenty-four to forty-eight hour period following the repair of the main. Once we have determined that there is no longer a threat of harmful bacteria in the water, we will inform you that you are no longer required to boil your water by posting an update here on our website: http://www.bgjwsc.org.
