ATLANTA — A huge water main break near the Georgia Tech campus left streets flooded and thousands of people in City of Atlanta without water Saturday.
The boil water advisory was lifted just after 8 p.m. Sunday.
“Sampling has confirmed there was no contamination of the public water system,” officials said in a statement. “Water may be used for all purposes without boiling.”
BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS NOW LIFTED
— Atlanta Watershed (@ATLWatershed) June 29, 2020
FOR ALL IMPACTED AREAS
Link: https://t.co/ABYziwke0A pic.twitter.com/tG1yvuOCQD
Officials said Saturday that the advisory was out of an abundance of caution. The Atlanta Watershed Department is waiting on test results before it lifts the advisory. Results are expected sometime Sunday around 7:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech police reported that the 36-inch water main broke at Ferst Drive and Hemphill Avenue near the university’s manufacturing institute. The break affected people for several miles in every direction.
Here is the map for boil water advisory issued by Atlanta Watershed Department following today's water main break. https://t.co/dR63MNbkDg
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) June 28, 2020
Atlanta water customers reported widespread outages and low water pressure across the city Saturday afternoon.
Channel 2′s Matt Johnson was at Georgia Tech, where people who live in the area said their water was starting to come back on Saturday evening.
A Watershed representative said that crews are working as fast as they can and realize the number of people affected is larger than a typical water main break.
Even though some people said their water pressure was going back to normal, others said their water is discolored.
“I didn’t realize this was happening, and a little bit later when I saw I was trying to fill up water, it was all brown and muddy,” GA Tech student Sai Pentabadi said. “And then I just went online and saw there’s a boil water advisory.”
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There has been a large water main break in the city of Atlanta. We are aware of problems throughout the city and crews are working to repair the issue. For those who still have service, a boil water advisory is in effect.
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) June 27, 2020
Signif water main break at Hemphill & Ferst on @GeorgiaTech Campus. @GTPDalerts is reporting the street is flooded & nearby blogs are becoming impacted. @ATLWatershed is aware & dispatched crews to the scene. Please avoid the area to allow access for responding emerg vehicles. pic.twitter.com/97Z3gYsMyf
— Atlanta-Fulton EMA (@AFCEMA) June 27, 2020
Channel 2 Action News viewers have been calling and sending messages on social media about the outages since noon Saturday.
The reports have been widespread throughout the city.
@wsbtv Major water outage happening in Castleberry Hills and in other surrounding areas.
— ✨@branchk✨ (@branchk1973) June 27, 2020
@wsbtv giant water outage in SE Atlanta. Druid Hills to Bouldercrest affected. @ATLWatershed phones are not working to report outages.
— Steve Polhamus (@polskinski) June 27, 2020
You can add West End to this list. No water over here.
— Kathleen Campbell (@TisKathl) June 27, 2020
@wsbtv water has been reported as out in Kirkwood, Lake Claire, EAV, Edgewood, Inman Park and Ormewood. Any idea on what may be happening? No one can get through to 311
— Christine P (@ChristineLP9) June 27, 2020
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