Originally Posted by
Pratt
About 4 years ago, on the Cross Vermont trail, I stopped at the Onion River Campground. On the back of the bathroom door was a 'boil water' notice for the town! I survived.....
Boil notice can mean that the water system did not have high enough chlorination levels, or that the system had lost system pressure, so a boil notice does not always mean the water has any pathogens. But you should still take a boil notice seriously and boil or filter or treat the water.
I think most campgrounds are far enough away from a municipal system that they have their own water system, usually their own water well(s). Those systems usually do not have chlorination, but usually have some form of required testing for water safety.