Buncombe County Media Briefing. Some customers with plumbing installed before 1988 should continue to run taps for 30-120 seconds before consuming "Water resources lab staff finished sampling the distribution system early Sunday (Sept.

It was the news everyone has been waiting for following the devastation of Tropical Storm Helene.The boil water advisory, which has been in effect for weeks following Helene, has been lifted. Water Resources Department Spokesperson Clay Chandler gave the update at the Nov.

Asheville lifted its boil water notice this morning, city spokesperson Clay Chandler shared this morning at a press briefing. The notice was lifted after the city’s water department tested 120 samples over the weekend. Turbidity is under 15 and the city expects it to remain low enough to process and meet demand.

Asheville, North Carolina, residents could have a boil water notice lifted as soon as Tuesday, more than seven weeks after Hurricane Helene struck on September 27.

After 54 days without potable water, City of Asheville water customers once again can consume water directly from their taps. At the daily Helene briefing Monday, Asheville Water Resources Department spokesperson Clay Chandler announced that the city is lifting the boil water notice,

Asheville residents were told Monday that the water is safe to drink again nearly two months after Hurricane Helene caused flooding and damaged the water system.

Asheville, North Carolina, residents now have safe drinking water after a boil notice was lifted Monday, more than seven weeks after Tropical Storm Helene struck on September 27.

Residents of North Carolina’s most populous mountain city are no longer under a boil water notice, Asheville officials announced on Monday. Extensive rain and flooding from Hurricane Helene on seven-plus weeks ago severely damaged a bypass line at the North Fork Reservoir,

The water in Asheville is officially safe again. Buncombe County Government officials confirmed the boil water advisory in Asheville has been lifted 53 days after Hurricane Helene. Asheville Water Resources Public Information Officer Clay Chandler stated in an update briefing Monday morning that the advisory has been lifted following a sample process that occurred over the weekend.

Asheville’s boil water advisory was lifted on Monday, Nov. 18, nearly two months after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on the western region of North Carolina. The advisory went into effect over 50 days ago.