About 900 water customers on Pittsburgh’s North Side are under a flush-and-boil advisory Thursday.
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority announced the precautionary measure for a portion of the Spring Hill-City View neighborhood.
A searchable map of the area is available online, and an automated phone message has notified the affected customers, PWSA said.
The advisory stems from a loss of water pressure early Thursday in Spring Hill, according to the authority.
Repair work on a leaky valve and water line on Buente Street undercut the pressure about 5 a.m. Service was fully restored by 8 a.m. PWSA said it’s testing to ensure adequate disinfectant levels and to verify the water is safe to drink — a process that can take about two days.
Anyone in the area who had low or no water pressure Thursday should follow the advisory until further notice, according to PWSA.
Affected customers should flush their taps for at least one minute and then boil their tap water vigorously — again, for at least one minute — before drinking, making ice, cooking, washing dishes, brushing teeth or hydrating pets, the authority said.