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Colorado health officials ask people to boil drinking water at Monarch Mountain Lodge

Denver7 · · 189 words · By Óscar Contreras
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DENVER — Colorado health officials on Wednesday issued a boil water advisory for people at the Monarch Mountain Lodge near Salida.

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What happened

DENVER — Colorado health officials on Wednesday issued a boil water advisory for people at the Monarch Mountain Lodge near Salida.

Why it matters

In a news release Wednesday, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment said they were aware of several pressure loss event at the lodge that could lead to disease-causing organisms to enter the water supply, which could make people sick.

Common ground

They said in situations like this, the department issues boil water advisories and requires the system to notify everyone who has access to water about potential impacts to health – something the lodge has not done, CDPHE officials said.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the Colorado Department of Health and Environment said they were aware of several pressure loss event at the lodge”
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While the boil water advisory is confirmed, the provided evidence for this specific claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Colorado and the CDPHE, but contains no mention of 'pressure loss events' at the lodge.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Portercare Adventist Health System (doing business as AdventHealth Porter) is a non-profit hospital in Denver owned by AdventHealth. The medical facility is a tertiary, psychiatric hospital, and teach…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdventHealth_Porter
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is the principal department of the Colorado state government responsible for public health and environmental regulation. In addition to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Public_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Denver Department of Public Health & Environment (DDPHE) is a charter-established department of the City & County of Denver, Colorado. It is the city's nationally accredited public health agency. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Department_of_Public_He…
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Claim 2: “the department issues boil water advisories and requires the system to notify everyone who has access to water about potential impacts to health – something the lodge has not done, CDPHE officials said.”
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The provided evidence for this claim includes irrelevant search results (Genshin Impact, food insecurity) and one general mention of the boil water advisory, but nothing regarding the lodge's failure to notify guests or specific CDPHE statements on that failure.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Department of Public Health and Environment has released a boil water advisory for those who use water from the Monarch Mountain Lodge due to possible germs in the water.Follow Us On. YouTube. Fac…
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/video/a-boil-water-warning-…
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web search NEUTRAL — #shopeetagtowin TURN ON SUBTITLES FOR THE CAPTIONS! DRAIN THE WATER IN ARAUMI TO GET TWO SLATES AND UNLOCK TUTELAGE DOMAIN GENSHIN IMPACT #GenshinImpact#UnderwaterDomain#Inazuma#HiddenQuest … ...more.
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web search NEUTRAL — The study found that people who frequently had trouble with water access and use were nearly three times as likely to face food insecurity compared with those who did not. Further, more than two-third…
https://nutrition.org/food-insecurity-and-water-insecurity-g…
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Claim 3: “People are advised to boil the water for three minutes before using it for drinking, cooking, making ice, washing dishes, brushing teeth, and making baby formula.”
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The evidence provided for this claim includes general Wikipedia entries on boiling and Monarch Mountain's location, but does not specify the 'three minute' boiling instruction or the specific uses (baby formula, etc.) mentioned in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Monarch Mountain is a ski resort located in the state of Colorado. It is twenty miles (32 km) west of Salida, Colorado, on U.S. Highway 50. The resort is situated on Monarch Pass at the continental di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Mountain_(ski_area)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Monarch Pass (elevation 11,312 feet (3,448 m)) is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado, United States.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Monarch is a 2,895-metre (9,498-foot) mountain summit located in the Ball Range of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. The Monarch is situated on the boundary between Kootenay Nation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monarch_(Canadian_Rockies)
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Claim 4: “Colorado health officials on Wednesday issued a boil water advisory for people at the Monarch Mountain Lodge near Salida.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Colorado health officials (CDPHE) issued a boil water advisory for the Monarch Mountain Lodge near Salida on Wednesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is the state department responsible for public health in California. It is a subdivision of the California Health and Human Services Agency. It enforc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Department_of_Publi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is the principal department of the Colorado state government responsible for public health and environmental regulation. In addition to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Public_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Denver Department of Public Health & Environment (DDPHE) is a charter-established department of the City & County of Denver, Colorado. It is the city's nationally accredited public health agency. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_Department_of_Public_He…
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Claim 5: “Around 250 people, including lodge guests, staff and nearby residents are affected by this boil water advisory”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of dictionary definitions for 'approximately' and Wikipedia entries for unrelated locations (Camp David, Grouse Mountain), providing no data on the number of people affected at Monarch Mountain Lodge.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Camp David is a 125-acre (51-hectare) country retreat for the president of the United States. It lies in the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park, in Frederick County, Maryland, near the towns of Th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grouse Mountain is one of the North Shore Mountains of the Pacific Ranges in the District Municipality of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. With a maximum elevation of over 1,200 m (4,100 ft)…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Northstar California (previously Northstar-at-Tahoe) is a mountain resort in the western United States, located in Placer County, California, near the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe. Approximately 200 …
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