KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) The City of Kalamazoo has issued a boil water alert for a small section of the Winchell Neighborhood that was impacted by a loss of pressure when a water main broke along Winchell Avenue.
The alert is a precaution in case contamination was introduced to the system. They won’t know until test results are available and that may be a day or two.
The area affected includes a two block portion of Tipperary Road and Waite to Benjamin. It also includes a block and a half of Benjamin from Oakland and a block and a half of Finch from Waite.Also the homes along Oakland and Winchell from Benjamin to Tipperary are in the zone.
Home owners are urged to either use bottled or boiled water for drinking, cooking and dishwashing until the alert is lifted.
