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The Department of Public Works (DPW) for Baltimore, Maryland, has issued a “boil water advisory” for 54 square blocks of Harlem Park and the southern part of Sandtown-Winchester. This issue was released nearly 24 hours after Baltimore officials learned of E. coli contamination. Initially the Department of Public Works (DPW) said the contamination was confined to three city-owned facilities in West Baltimore. Officials said September 5th that the advisory affects approximately 1,500 residential and commercial buildings located within the impacted area of Riggs Avenue on the north and West Franklin Street on the south, and Pulaski Street on the west and North Carey Street on the east.