BOIL WATER ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT AS OF 1/8/2026 11:33 A.M.
Effective January 8, 2026 at 11:33 a.m., the Boil Water Advisory has been lifted for all customers that were affected by the water outage on 1/5/2026.
Locations that were impacted:
▪️From the North Tazewell Post Office, heading west on Riverside Drive to the Grace Full Gospel Church located on Adria Road.
▪️From the intersection of Riverside Drive and Fairground Road to the Town of Tazewell's Wastewater Treatment Plant located on Pisgah Road.
▪️All side streets that branch from the streets outlined above
For those affected, the Virginia Department of Health suggests the following steps after an Advisory is lifted. Follow these instructions to flush the water throughout your home, restaurant, place of business or other location once an advisory has been lifted.
1. Run outside taps for approximately 10 minutes to bring fresh water from the water main to the property.
2. If you have any cartridge filtration systems treating the water coming into the house, replace the filter(s) before consuming.
3. If you have a water softener treating the water coming into the house, perform a regeneration/backwash cycle to bring fresh water from the property to the treatment system.
4. Run all cold-water faucets in your home for one minute to bring fresh water from the property or treatment systems into the cold-water plumbing inside the house.a. Start at the faucet closest to the connection of the water line into the house and proceed to faucets on lower levels of the house and then upper levels of the house.
5. Clean any aerators on faucets.
6. Run the hot water in a tub for 10 minutes to replace water in the hot water heater.
For more information from the Virginia Department of Health, visit their website at https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/.../boil-water-advisory.../ed to stand for at least 30 minutes before use. Water purification tablets may also be used by following the manufacturer’s instructions.
For more information on Boil Water Advisories, please visit the Virginia Department of Health's website at https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/drinking-water/boil-water-faqs/
