Well, at least there's no E. coli

We're in day nine of the region's boil water advisory. On Wednesday, it was announced that a sample at UBC, a little too close for comfort, tested positive for E. coli. Test results released today confirmed that it was a false positive, as officials assured all along.¹

So, thus far, no nasties have been found in the water for real. That said, the water is cloudy and stinky. Although the turbidity began following storms last Wednesday, it wasn't until Sunday that the foul water reached our end of the pipe. The toilets and other fixtures are stained with sediment.

I'm washing everything that goes into Jakob's mouth (either directly or indirectly) with bottled water. Bottles, soothers, breastpump equipment and nipples. Yes, my nipples. Warmed bottled water, in that case. We've given him just one bath since the advisory was issued, and again that was with warmed (and thermometer-tested) water. Good thing he doesn't need daily baths until he starts to crawl.

All very tedious, all starting to wear thin.

Although, I'm getting quite used to (and lazy about) cracking open a 500 ml bottle whenever I'm thirsty. That's going to be a hard habit to break.


¹ This of course begs the question, why use a testing site if it is as vulnerable to contamination as officials said it is?