{"id":5688,"date":"2021-10-08T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/?p=5688"},"modified":"2024-10-21T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T21:55:18","slug":"wichita-water-boil-advisory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/2021\/10\/08\/wichita-water-boil-advisory","title":{"rendered":"Wichita Water Boil Advisory: How To Stay Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, a major Wichita water main break has made the entire city\u2019s tap water unsafe to drink and the city has issued a boil advisory, meaning water should be boiled for a minute before drinking or using in food preparation. Here is what you need to know to help keep you and your family safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Para leer este art\u00edculo en espa\u00f1ol, haga <a href=\"#Espanol\">clic aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"English\">English<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Wichita Water Boil Advisory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>City of Wichita water consumers should take the following precautions until the boil advisory ends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation or use bottled water.<\/li><li>Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic ice maker.<\/li><li>Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.<\/li><li>Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled.<\/li><li>Supervise children while they\u2019re bathing and make sure water is not ingested.<\/li><li>Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommendations From HealthCore Clinic &amp; CDC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How To Stay <em>Safe<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A boil water advisory means your community\u2019s water has, or could have, germs that can make you sick. Here are tips from our medical staff and the CDC on how to stay safe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drinking &amp; Eating<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use bottled or boiled water for drinking, and to prepare and cook food.<\/li><li>If bottled water is not available, <strong>bring water to a full rolling boil for 1 minute.<\/strong> After boiling, allow the water to cool before use.<\/li><li>Boil tap water even if it is filtered (for example, by a home water filter or a pitcher that filters water).<\/li><li>Do not use water from any appliance connected to your water line, such as ice and water from a refrigerator.<\/li><li>Breastfeeding is the best infant feeding option. If you formula feed your child, provide ready-to-use formula, if possible.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Handwashing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In many cases, you can use tap water and soap to wash hands during a boil water advisory. Follow the guidance from your local public health officials. Wichita has stated for this water boil you can use tap water for handwashing.<\/li><li>Be sure to scrub your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Then, rinse them well under running water.<\/li><li>If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bathing &amp; Showering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be careful not to swallow any water when bathing or showering.<\/li><li>Use caution when bathing babies and young children. Consider giving them a sponge bath to reduce the chance of them swallowing water.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brushing Teeth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Brush teeth with boiled or bottled water.<\/li><li>Do not use tap water that you have not boiled first.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Washing Dishes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If possible, use disposable plates, cups, and utensils during a boil water advisory.<\/li><li>Household dishwashers generally are safe to use if the water reaches a final rinse temperature of at least 150 degrees Fahrenheit (66\u00b0Celsius), or the dishwater has a sanitizing cycle.<\/li><li>Sanitize all baby bottles.<\/li><li><strong>To wash dishes by hand:<\/strong><ul><li>Wash and rinse the dishes as you normally would using hot water. o In a separate basin, add 1 teaspoon of unscented household liquid bleach for each gallon of warm water.<\/li><li>Soak the rinsed dishes in the water for at least one minute. o Let the dishes air dry completely before using again.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laundry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is safe to wash clothes as usual.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cleaning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Clean washable toys and surfaces with bottled water, boiled water, or water that has been disinfected with bleach.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caring for Pets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pets can get sick from some of the same germs as people or spread germs to people. Give pets bottled water or boiled water that has cooled.<\/li><li>If bottled water is not available, <strong>bring water to a full rolling boil for 1 minute.<\/strong> After boiling, allow the water to cool before use.<\/li><li>Boil tap water even if it is filtered (for example, by a home water filter or a pitcher that filters water).<\/li><li>Do not use water from any appliance connected to your water line, such as ice and water from a refrigerator.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caring for Your Garden and Houseplants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can use tap water for household plants and gardens.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WATER-BOIL-ADVISORY-806x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WATER-BOIL-ADVISORY-806x1024.jpg 806w, https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WATER-BOIL-ADVISORY-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WATER-BOIL-ADVISORY-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WATER-BOIL-ADVISORY.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>For more information from the City of Wichita, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wichita.gov\/News\/Pages\/2021-10-07b.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" id=\"Espanol\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>El jueves, una ruptura importante en la tuber\u00eda de agua de Wichita hizo que el agua del grifo de toda la ciudad no fuera segura para beber y la ciudad emiti\u00f3 una advertencia de hervir, lo que significa que el agua debe hervirse durante un minuto antes de beberla o usarla en la preparaci\u00f3n de alimentos. Esto es lo que necesita saber para mantener la seguridad de usted y su familia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">El aviso de hervir el agua de Wichita<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Los consumidores de agua de la ciudad de Wichita deben tomar las siguientes precauciones hasta que finalice el aviso de ebullici\u00f3n:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hierva el agua durante un minuto antes de beber o preparar alimentos o use agua embotellada.<\/li><li>Deseche los cubitos de hielo y no utilice hielo de una f\u00e1brica de hielo autom\u00e1tica dom\u00e9stica.<\/li><li>Desinfecte los platos y otras superficies en contacto con los alimentos sumergi\u00e9ndolos durante al menos un minuto en agua limpia del grifo que contenga una cucharadita de lej\u00eda dom\u00e9stica sin perfume por gal\u00f3n de agua.<\/li><li>El agua que se usa para ba\u00f1arse generalmente no necesita hervirse.<\/li><li>Supervise a los ni\u00f1os mientras se ba\u00f1an y aseg\u00farese de que no ingieran agua.<\/li><li>Las personas con cortes o erupciones cut\u00e1neas graves tal vez deseen consultar a sus m\u00e9dicos.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recomendaciones de HealthCore Clinic y CDC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lo que esto significa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Un aviso de hervir el agua significa que el agua de su comunidad tiene, o podr\u00eda tener, g\u00e9rmenes que pueden enfermarlo. Estos son algunos consejos de nuestro personal m\u00e9dico y de los CDC sobre c\u00f3mo mantenerse a salvo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beber y comer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use agua embotellada o agua hervida para beber, y para preparar y cocinar los alimentos.<\/li><li>Si no hay agua embotellada disponible, <strong>hierva el agua y mant\u00e9ngala hirviendo durante un minuto.<\/strong> Luego, deje que se enfr\u00ede antes de usarla.<\/li><li>Hierva el agua de la llave, aunque est\u00e9 filtrada (por ejemplo, con un filtro de agua para la casa o una jarra con filtro).<\/li><li>No use el agua de ning\u00fan electrodom\u00e9stico que est\u00e9 conectado a la tuber\u00eda de la casa, como el hielo y el agua del refrigerador.<\/li><li>Amamantar es la mejor opci\u00f3n para alimentar a un beb\u00e9. Si usted le da f\u00f3rmula a su hijo, use la que viene lista para consumir, si es posible.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lavado de las manos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>En muchos casos, usted puede usar el agua de la llave y jab\u00f3n para lavarse las manos durante una advertencia de que se debe hervir el agua. Siga las recomendaciones de las autoridades de salud p\u00fablica locales. Wichita ha declarado que para hervir el agua se puede usar agua del grifo para lavarse las manos.<\/li><li>Aseg\u00farese de restregarse las manos con agua y jab\u00f3n por al menos 20 segundos. Luego, enju\u00e1guelas bien con agua corriente.<\/li><li>Si no hay agua y jab\u00f3n disponibles, use un desinfectante de manos a base de alcohol que contenga al menos un 60 % de alcohol.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ba\u00f1arse y ducharse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tenga cuidado de no tragar agua cuando se ba\u00f1e o se duche.<\/li><li>Tenga cuidado cuando ba\u00f1e a beb\u00e9s y ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os. Considere darles ba\u00f1os de esponja para reducir la probabilidad de que traguen agua.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cepillarse los dientes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cep\u00edllese los dientes con agua hervida o embotellada.<\/li><li>No use agua de la llave que no haya hervido primero.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lavado de platos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Si fuera posible, use platos, vasos y utensilios desechables durante una advertencia de que se debe hervir el agua.<\/li><li>Los lavaplatos autom\u00e1ticos para la casa generalmente son seguros si:<ul><li>el agua del enjuague final alcanza una temperatura de al menos 150 grados Fahrenheit (66 \u00b0C), o<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>el lavaplatos autom\u00e1tico tiene un ciclo de desinfecci\u00f3n.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Desinfecte todos los biberones.<\/li><li><strong>Para lavar los platos a mano:<\/strong><ul><li>Lave y enjuague los platos como lo har\u00eda normalmente usando agua caliente.<\/li><li>En un recipiente por separado, disuelva una cucharadita de blanqueador con cloro (bleach) l\u00edquido de uso dom\u00e9stico no perfumado por cada gal\u00f3n de agua tibia.<\/li><li>Deje remojar en el agua los platos ya enjuagados por al menos un minuto.<\/li><li>Deje que los platos se sequen por completo al aire antes de volverlos a usar.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lavado de ropa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Es seguro lavar la ropa como lo hace normalmente.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Limpieza<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Limpie los juguetes y las superficies lavables con lo siguiente:<ul><li>agua embotellada,<\/li><li>agua hervida, o<\/li><li>agua que haya sido desinfectada con blanqueador con cloro (bleach).<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cuidado de las mascotas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Las mascotas pueden enfermarse a causa de algunos de los mismos microbios que enferman a las personas, o transmitirles microbios a las personas. Deles a las mascotas agua embotellada o agua hervida despu\u00e9s de que se haya enfriado.<\/li><li>Si no hay agua embotellada disponible,<strong> hierva el agua y mant\u00e9ngala hirviendo durante un minuto.<\/strong> Luego, deje que se enfr\u00ede antes de usarla.<\/li><li>Hierva el agua de la llave, aunque est\u00e9 filtrada (por ejemplo, con un filtro de agua para la casa o una jarra con filtro).<\/li><li>No use el agua de ning\u00fan electrodom\u00e9stico que est\u00e9 conectado a la tuber\u00eda de la casa, como el hielo y el agua del refrigerador.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cuidado del jard\u00edn y de las plantas de interiores<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Usted puede usar el agua de la llave para regar las plantas de interiores y los jardines.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n de la ciudad de Wichita, haga <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wichita.gov\/News\/Pages\/2021-10-07c.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clic aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, a major Wichita water main break has made the entire city\u2019s tap water unsafe to drink and the city has issued a boil advisory, meaning water should be&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5688"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5697,"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5688\/revisions\/5697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcoreclinic.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}