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title: "Drinking water warning in Rize after heavy rainfall"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-19-drinking-water-warning-rize-after-heavy/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-19
updated: 2026-09-19T20:28:29.881Z
category: society
sources: 2
agreement: single-source
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# Drinking water warning in Rize after heavy rainfall

The Rize Provincial Health Directorate urged residents not to consume water of unknown source and origin, and to boil and cool it before use when necessary. The announcement stated that caution should be exercised for 5-7 days after rainfall ends.

## Who is in this story

- [Rize Provincial Health Directorate](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/rize-il-saglik-mudurlugu/) — Institutions
- [Rize](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/rize/) — Places

## News sources

- [Rize İl Sağlık Müdürlüğünden şiddetli yağışlar sonrası içme suyu uyarısı](https://www.mersinhaber.com/haber-rize-l-saglik-mudurlugunden-siddetli-yagislar-sonrasi-icme-suyu-uyarisi/779315) — Mersin Haber (independent) — 2026-09-19
- [Rize'de şiddetli yağışlar sonrası içme suyu uyarısı](https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/rizede-siddetli-yagislar-sonrasi-icme-suyu-uyarisi-7663691) — Milliyet (pro-government) — 2026-09-19

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-19-rize-yogun-yagis-sonrasi-icme-suyu/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-19-drinking-water-warning-rize-after-heavy/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-19-rize-predupredili-riskakh-pitevoy-vody-posle/

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