Columbus boil order rescinded

The boil order instituted by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment following a major water leak in Columbus on June 15 has been rescinded.

Rescinding of the order was announced last week after being in place for only four days.

A 30 inch section of steel pipe was removed from the city’s main waterline after a crack was discovered in the nearly 100-year-old ten-inch line. A boil order was i…