A crisis struck in Quincy on September 13 that affected residents of Quincy, students and a large number of businesses such as several Blessing Hospital facilities.

A water main break occurred that sent Quincy into a boil order for two days and affected the everyday life of most Quincy University students and town residents.

The residents were advised to conserve water and to try and use little to none until the problem was fixed.

QU Community Relations sent an email to students to inform students about the boil order and what to do while in the order was in place like not drinking the water or using it for cleaning their clothes.

“The boil order was very inconvenient for us, we couldn’t take any showers, we had to use bottled water, that took a hit on the bank account,” Brock Inman said.

Students were given the opportunity to get water bottles from the school, but Quincy is majority athletes and athletes drink a lot of water, and some felt they needed to get their own water bottles.

“Spent a lot of money on plain old water bottles. We use it to fill up our ice machine and the tap water for our jugs and it was just a big inconvenience,” Inman said.

Even without water QU campus was still running and was still offering food to students who were in need of it, but some students were skeptical if the food was okay to eat.

“So, the boil order was really difficult because we didn’t know if we could drink the water, and the food from the Cafe we didn’t know if it was good,” Kenzie Tripp said.

Students tried to make their own food or go out to eat but many businesses were closed due to the boil order as well.

“It affected the running water in some places in Quincy that was kind of alarming because you couldn’t use any of those facilities,” Tripp said.

Students and residents of Quincy went through some challenging days from not having safe water or not knowing if the food was good to eat but now since the order has been lifted people can go back to their normal routines.