For more information about salmonella, please call the Colorado Help line at 1-877-462-2911.
State officials offered the following guidance during the bottled water order:
At home, use bottled water for cooking, drinking, brushing teeth, making ice, washing dishes and for adding to any food especially for the preparation of baby formula.
Home-style/domestic dish washing machines are adequate for sanitizing if the heat drying cycle is applied.
Bathing and showering in the water should present no problems for healthy individuals. Exercise caution not to ingest water during such activities.
No commercial food preparation should be done unless approved by the local public health agency.
Consider using prepared food from an alternative approved source.
Use only prepackaged foods that do not require any additional preparation other than heating in its original container.
Frequently wash hands and apply hand sanitizer after washing.
Do not touch food with bare hands. Use disposable gloves.
Use frozen or canned produce.
Purchase packaged potable ice.
Do not use water to wash plates, cups and utensils. Use only single-service utensils, such as paper plates, napkins, cups, plastic spoons, forks and knives.
SOURCE: Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment
