Update: The order to boil drinking water in Erbendorf was rescinded on Friday The municipality will continue to monitor water quality and take action as needed according to the Erbendorf official website military installations in Bavaria is instructing residents to boil their drinking water because of the presence of potentially harmful bacteria The Tirschenreuth health department issued an E coli warning Monday for urban Erbendorf and its villages Aschenhof Erbendorf is just over 10 miles northeast of Tower Barracks in Grafenwoehr home of the 7th Army Training Command and U.S The surrounding communities house numerous soldiers Defense Department civilians and their families The garrison’s water supply was not affected by the contamination coli is a bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine Toxic strains may be ingested through raw or undercooked meat products The water contamination was likely caused by agricultural runoff from recent heavy rains and was discovered during preventative tests at various sampling points “Although we do not have detailed information yet “We have immediately taken the spring water off the network.” Stars and Stripes reporter Alexander Riedel contributed to this report The geology was bound to be interesting here but even geologists were surprised by what they saw As described in Gizmodo and temperatures reaching 600 degrees Fahrenheit....The deep-drilling experiment yielded huge surprises about the structure of the earth and beautiful models that show layers of rock wrapped around each other like ribbons—illustrating how the crust is far from a neat layer cake suggests The Verge) but they are certainly worth a listen here's what it sounds like in the deepest accessible hole in the world: http://vimeo.com/80266870 Video credit: Lotte Geeven via Gizmodo Register or Log In Want more?Keep reading for as low as $1.99 Subscribe Save up to 40% off the cover price when you subscribe to Discover magazine.