By: centraljersey.com
The boil-water advisory for those areas of western Hopewell Township served by Trenton Water Works was still in effect Wednesday, township police Chief George Meyer said.
The area covered by the advisory includes Scotch Road, Reed Road and the Jacobs Creek Road area.
The boil-water advisory has been lifted for those Hopewell Township areas east of Route 31, including all of the Brandon Farms area, the chief said.
"We expect the advisory to remain in effect until at least Wednesday afternoon or evening, when the NJ Department of Environmental Protection expects to have the results of laboratory tests," the chief said Wednesday. "People in the affected areas should continue to boil water until being advised otherwise."
The Trenton system was plagued with problems after its treatment plant was shut down on Sunday.
A water alert at Stony Brook Elementary School in Brandon Farms was lifted Tuesday afternoon, schools Superintendent Tom Smith said. Stony Brook is the only Hopewell Valley school served by Trenton Water Works.
News of the water alert caused concerns for many in the Pennington Borough area. On Tuesday, borough officials said the borough’s water is safe, The borough has its own water system, which has no connection to Trenton Water Works.
"Our water in Pennington is safe. There are no problems with it," said Pennington Water Department Supervisor Jeff Wittkop.
Mr. Wittkop said borough officials were swamped with calls from residents and merchants who wanted to know if the borough’s water was safe.
Officials said the calls could have resulted in large part from the fact that the Brandon Farms development and other areas of southeastern Hopewell Township have the Pennington ZIP code (08534), but use Trenton water.
All users of Pennington water – those who are located in Pennington Borough – need not be concerned at all with the problems of the Trenton water system, Mr. Wittkop added.

