POWNAL – A do not drink notice for Pownal Fire District No. 2 water customers was expected to be lifted as early as Tuesday, once the state confirmed follow-up testing.

Mark Smith, chair of the water system's board, said Monday that a problem with chlorination equipment at the well site prompted the advisory against drinking the water.

However, Smith said the issue “was not a bacteria problem with the system,” but an inability to maintain required chlorination levels.

“We had a chlorine pump that blew a diaphragm, and we also had a plugged-up line going to the water for the chlorination," he said Monday. "So there were four days when we weren’t getting any chlorine into the system, so we had to do a boil water notice."

Smith added, “Between the time it took to repair it and get everyth

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