Boil Water Advisory Lifted for Blacksburg

Effective immediately, the Boil Water Advisory for the Town of Blacksburg and Virginia Tech campus has been lifted following the completion of water line flushing, two rounds of testing with successful results, and water tank sanitization.

The Town of Blacksburg would like to thank our residents and businesses for their patience and our staff for working around the clock to resolve this issue.

Now that the advisory has been lifted, water customers should follow these steps to flush water from their homes, restaurants, and places of business:

• Run outside taps for approximately 10 minutes to bring fresh water from the water main to the property.
• If you have any cartridge filtration systems treating the water coming into the house, replace the filter(s) before consuming.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Clean any aerators on faucets.
• Run the hot water in a tub for 10 minutes to replace water in the hot water heater.

To view the status of the boil water advisory outside the Blacksburg area or to confirm your address in the cleared area, visit this interactive map or call VA211.

If you experienced damage from Hurricane Helene, you may be eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance. To apply, you can:

• Visit disasterassistance.gov,
• Use the FEMA App, or
• Call the helpline at 1-800-621-3362.

View ongoing updates to water quality testing data provided by the New River Valley Regional Water Authority.