Morgan County Health Department: Update 10.18.26

Regarding Town of Bath Boil Water Notice:

On Friday, October 16th our Morgan County Health Department office was made aware, via a phone call, that a specified area (small) within the Town of Bath was under a boil water advisory. Our environmental health department spoke to businesses within that specified area at that time.

No further communication was received by the Morgan County Health Department until Sunday morning, October 18, 2026, when we found out through social media, that this advisory, which was still in place, was impacting a larger area.

With that being said, there appears to be some misinformation as to the local health department collecting and testing water. We do not collect samples or conducting testing of the public water system for the Town of Bath at the local health department.

Private well samples that are brought to the health department by property owners for testing are sent to the state lab for testing by our environmental health staff.

As for businesses located within the affected area, members of our health department will be visiting affected food businesses within the next few hours to discuss whether or not they have the ability to safely operate.

Thank you.