Boil water advisory and restrictions issued for multiple Iowa counties.

The Regional Rural Water District has raised the emergency level for rural parts of five western Iowa counties due to drought, prohibiting nonessential water use. Five counties in southwest Iowa were placed under a boil advisory. Water used for drinking, cooking, or brushing teeth should be boiled first for at least one minute. The earliest the order will be lifted is next Friday, and residents are advised to conserve water. This advisory is for mainly rural areas of the affected counties, and customers within most city limits are not affected.