(Avoca, Iowa) –  Officials with Regional Water in Avoca, in an update Wed. afternoon (May 14), say Brayton, Exira, and portions of rural Audubon County remain under a Boil Water Advisory and Level Yellow Restrictions per the Avoca Regional Water Emergency Water Conservation Plan.

The Audubon County Board of Supervisors, Audubon County Emergency Management, Audubon County Sheriff’s Office, County Health Services, City of Brayton, City of Exira, EEHK School District, Exira Care Center, and other community partners have been involved in planning and sorting out several details over the last few days.

Safety & Security:

• Audubon County will be placed under a County-Wide Burn Ban at 3 pm on 5/14/2025

• County Fire Chiefs have implemented auto aid for all structure fires in the affected area.

Food, Hydration, Shelter:

• A stockpile of emergency bottled water will soon be available for those with outages, not for the convenience of the boil advisory. (more details to come)

• County Health Services can assist Audubon County residents with FREE well testing by calling 641-747-3972 or requesting online: https://form.jotform.com/232135690463051

• In Audubon County, there are approximately 1,330 people under the boil order

Communications:

• The City of Exira is hosting a town hall meeting on 5/14/2025 at 7:30 pm, located at the Exira Event Center

• Daily communication is being done through the Audubon County EMA office with County/City partners, other County EMA’s, and Avoca Regional Water

Water Systems:

• Avoca Rural Water is reporting tower 7 (located west of Hamlin on HWY 44) to have a level of 7 feet as of this morning.

• Avoca Rural Water Alert Sign-up https://rwrwa.org/subscribe