Residents in Amersfoort and surrounding areas can now use tap water without boiling after a nearly two-week advisory issued due to enterococci bacterial contamination, local water company Vitens announced Sunday.

Residents of Amersfoort and surrounding areas have been advised to boil tap water for three minutes before drinking since January 5, as water tests continue to detect enterococci bacteria. The advisory, now in effect for more than 11 days, affects a larger area than a similar outbreak during the Christmas holidays, which lasted six days in a smaller part of the city.

Residents in parts of Amersfoort and surrounding municipalities are still advised to boil their drinking water after the water company Vitens detected the bacterium enterococci in a storage cellar at a production site in Amersfoort. The advisory has been in place since January 5, and Vitens said Wednesday that not all test results have confirmed the water is safe.

Residents in Amersfoort and surrounding municipalities, including Bunschoten-Spakenburg, Leusden, and Soest, have been advised to boil their drinking water until at least Wednesday afternoon after water company Vitens confirmed the presence of enterococci bacteria in the supply.