Colette Czarnecki
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UPR
Southwest Utah Public Health Department Laboratory detected E. coli in a water sample collected Oct. 20. Since then, the area has been under a water boil order until testing comes back negative.
Trent Nelson
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The Salt Lake Tribune
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