OXFORD – Residents of a mobile home park are turning their stoves up after a pump malfunction resulted in a voluntary boil water order.

The order has been in effect since April 17. According to Janet Ottolini, manager for the Oxford Pines Regency mobile home park on Skeetfield Road, a sensor that automatically shuts the pump off when it has raised enough water failed. Since then, the pump has been manually shut down at intervals to prevent flooding.

“There’s nothing wrong with the water,” Ottolini said.

According to Carlton Gardner, compliance and enforcement team leader for the Maine Drinking Water Program, the park is raising 10,000 gallons of water during the day and shutting the pump off at night.

He said there was no sign of water contamination at the park.

“They’re taking a precaution,” Gardner said. “They’re protecting the tenants in this park.”

A boil water order is meant to kill any potential contaminants in water used for purposes such as drinking, washing vegetables and brushing teeth. The order does not extend to water use for purposes such as laundry and showering.

The park has 137 homes and is owned by Oxford Regency. Ottolini said she has been delivering drinking water to the residents.

Gardner said the Drinking Water Program will lift the order within 24 hours of analyzing a water sample from the park.