NEW WELL REQUIRES SCOTT CITY BOIL WATER

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Becky Moore has pots and pans stacked all across her kitchen in an attempt to clean up her water supply.

Moore and other Scott City residents are under a boil water order until further notice.

For several days residents have been asked to boil water as a precaution. The city recently dug a new well and "put it online with a temporary connection," said Erika Glock, city administrator. "The request is just a precaution."

Glock said the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has not had any bad results from water testing.

Residents are still being asked to boil water used for drinking or cooking.

Moore, who is also the manager at the Dairy Queen in town, has been boiling water both at home and work.

At home things are a little easier because her cousin, who lives outside the city limits, was able to supply spring water. At the Dairy Queen, however, "the pans are everywhere," Moore said. Iced tea, coffee and slushes are the only beverages available. "We have to boil the water and then brew the iced tea."

The slushes are being sold because the drinks come as a mix and are poured into a freezer machine, she said.

Scott City also is preparing for construction of a new sewer system to be paid for with $1 million in revenue bonds.

The project will truly get under way in the next year, but work is already progressing. The city's system was built in 1950 and is antiquated and near capacity, city officials said.

Under the project plan, the city lagoon will be demolished because of overflow problems, and the aeration system needs replacement. A new sewer main along the Interstate 55 outer road would also provide service to the city's industrial park.

Cape Girardeau began construction last week on new force mains and lift stations near the Mississippi River as part of sewer improvements .

It is the first major work since voters approved an $8.5 million bond in February. The bond allowed the city to continue sewer work already under construction and to add sewer connections to areas of the city without a sewer system. There was no sales tax required for the work; it is funded by an existing quarter-cent capital improvement sales tax.

The projects in Cape Girardeau and Scott City are being paid for through a revolving fund program with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.