Rolling Hills under boil water order

A boil water order has been issued for the drinking water system serving the Rolling Hills Subdivision after an E-coli positive sample was found. The Rolling Hills Subdivision is located in Cape Girardeau between Highway 177 and the Mississippi River. The state's Department of Natural Resources has launched what it calls an unsafe sample investigation after it learned of the problem Thursday. A DNR investigator took five samples of the drinking water from throughout the drinking system.

On Monday, the department was given notice that all five samples tested unsafe. The system is to remain under a boil water order until further notice, the department said.