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Quantico base comments on water outage, cites suspected main break
Current status: Status unconfirmed (as of 25/10/2026, 14:18). Older update notes in the history text may be outdated.
Marine Corps Base Quantico and the Town of Quantico are under a boil water advisory following a suspected water-main break on the evening of September 7, 2026, which nearly emptied the treated-water reservoir. Due to the potential risk of E. coli contamination, personnel and residents must boil tap water for one minute or use bottled water for drinking and cooking until further notice. Water pressure was restored on September 8, but the advisory remains in effect pending water quality testing. Update (Potomac Local News, 11.09.2026, 15:30): The advisory specifically applies to the Mainside system of Marine Corps Base Quantico, and residents must also use boiled or bottled water for brushing teeth.
- Location
- Quantico, Prince William County
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA
- Start
- 01/09/2026, 02:00
- End
- 25/10/2026, 14:18
- Event type
- Boil water advisory, Microbiological
- Status
- Status unconfirmed
- Region
- Prince William County
- Last updated
Timeline
- · Alert first recorded
- · Start according to source
- · Automatically marked inactive
- · End according to source
- · Record last updated
Automatically closed
This advisory was automatically marked as resolved after 21 days without new official information. No official all-clear was issued. Please check with your local water utility for the current status.
What to do now
Last documented status: the instructions below come from the source. There is no official all-clear, so continued validity is unconfirmed. Please check the current status with your water utility.
- 1Bring water to a rolling boil for at least 3 minutes before drinking.
- 2Use boiled water for tooth brushing, ice cubes and baby food.
- 3Run dishwasher at 60 degrees or higher, or boil dishes.
- 4Protect infants, elderly and immunocompromised people first.
Sources
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