Newburgh lifts boil-water notice for Meadow Hill North after main break

Residents in Meadow Hill North were cleared to use tap water normally again after the Town of Newburgh lifted a precautionary boil-water notice on June 12. The advisory had been in place since June 10, when a water-main break on Meadow Hill Road near Patton Road prompted the town to warn households to boil water before drinking or preparing food.

Steven Grogan, the town’s Water/Sewer Manager, issued the June 10 notice. It directed residents to boil water for at least one minute before drinking or food preparation and asked them to share the warning with anyone else using the water, including people in apartments, nursing homes, schools and businesses in the Meadow Hill North Area. The notice also gave residents direct contact numbers for the Town of Newburgh Filter Plant, 845-564-2180, and the Orange County Department of Health, 845-291-2331.

The advisory lasted about two days, long enough to disrupt routine household use of tap water until the town said the problem had been resolved. New York State Department of Health guidance says boil-water notices are typically issued when an unexpected condition creates a possible contamination risk, including water-line breaks, loss of pressure, loss of disinfection, power outages or floods. Orange County says residents under an advisory should use bottled or boiled water for drinking, cooking and food preparation.

Town procedures also point to the work that follows a main break. The town’s boil-water template says the affected area is flushed and bacteriological sampling begins before a notice is lifted. In this case, the town restored normal use on June 12, ending a brief but practical disruption for Meadow Hill North homeowners and renters.

No broader infrastructure upgrade was announced with the lift notice to prevent another break in the same corridor. The town’s website does show a separate boil-water notice earlier in 2026 affecting Monarch Drive, Patton Road and portions of Meadow Hill Road, underscoring that this stretch of Newburgh has faced more than one water-service problem this year.