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The EWSU advised students, faculty, staff and administrators to boil water for at least 10 minutes before using along with using bottled water to brush teeth or cook. Water bottles were placed on water fountains across the university.

Students quench for solution to multiple boil advisories

Riley Guerzini, Editor-in-Chief October 22, 2019

The Evansville Water and Sewage Utility have placed a boil advisory on the university’s campus as well as in housing for the second time in three weeks, frustrating students as they have been unable...

Boil advisory hits campus; housing and food services offering bottled water

Boil advisory hits campus; housing and food services offering bottled water

Riley Guerzini, Editor-in-Chief October 10, 2019

The Evansville Water and Sewage Utility has placed a boil advisory on the university's campus as well as in housing due to a main water line break on North Red Bank Road. The impacted areas include...

Parts of Evansville on boil advisory

Parts of Evansville on boil advisory

Rhonda Wheeler, News Editor October 9, 2019

People in the Evansville area, including those at USI, are going to have to boil their water before they drink it. According to the Evansville Water Sewer Utility (EWSU), all areas west of St. Joseph...

Map of sample locations around the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area

USI professor tests local water safety

Bowman Clark, News Editor February 6, 2019

Assistant Professor of Chemistry at USI Brian Bohrer was unsure about the safety of lake water at the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area. According to IN.gov, “The Amaz Coal company began mining operations...

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