Some residents of the Wall Street Quads say they have been inconvenienced by a water boil order imposed Monday and fear using the water for bathing and consumption after boiling it.

However, water officials refuse to comment on the break, citing regulations.

The boil order is an extreme inconvenience, Aubrey Chang, a sophomore in radio and television from Des Plaines, said. We boiled water last night and put it in the fridge, but no one here has dared to drink it.

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Raul Ayala, manager of the Quads, 1207 S. Wall St., said South Highway Water District had a break in the lines in front of the Quads. Ayala said signs were posted in the buildings to notify the 280 residents of the Quads of the boil order that remains in effect until further notice.

But one resident of the sophomore-approved housing complex said she and her two roommates were not adequately informed of the possibly tainted water.

We did our normal morning things before leaving the house Monday without knowing the water was bad, Cindy Johnson, a sophomore in zoology from Carol Stream, said. No one contacted us. There were just fliers on the doors.

Employees of the South Highway Water District would not provide the Daily Egyptian with information other than that the break had been fixed.

Ayala said the lines have been repaired and rinsed, but it is standard procedure to wait at least 48 hours to be safe. A water sample was taken Tuesday morning, Ayala said, and it will be at least 24 hours before the results are received.

We don’t even want to take showers because of this boil order, Chang said. If we can’t drink the water, why would we want to bathe in it, either?