safe to drink

"Oftentimes people think a natural spring has water that is safe to drink," said Bill Arnold, Distinguished McKnight University Professor & Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Professor in the University of Minnesota's Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering.

Now, water has finally started flowing from our taps again, but it still isn’t safe to drink.

That’s why the city decided to put non-potable water back into residents’ homes rather than waiting until the water was safe to drink.

Long Beach Utilities said water quality in the affected areas was being monitored and a notification would be sent out to residents in the affected areas when the water is safe to drink again.

State and federal health authorities insist that H5N1 poses little threat to humans and that it is safe to drink milk that has been pasteurized, because the process kills the virus.