A four foot wide underground pipe broke near Buford Highway in Doraville, spilling about 100 million gallons of water and causing disruptions for most of DeKalb County.
By late Wednesday, water pressure was restored to everyone who lost it, but the pipe itself will take another day to fix.
Boil and conserve water notice until Saturday Residents in the affected area are being asked to boil water for at least one minute after water comes to a rolling boil prior to drinking, cooking or preparing baby food.
DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond released this statement regarding the boil water advisory in effect for residents in the county: "A large diameter water main break is causing water pressure in parts of the water system to drop to dangerously low levels.
DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management, in an abundance of caution, is issuing a Boil Water Advisory for the entire system.
In order to protect the public from a potential health hazard, all customers that have experienced water outages and/or low water pressures are advised to “boil” all water prior to use for drinking, cooking, or preparing baby food.
CBS46’s Rebekka Schramm talked with a public information representative from DeKalb Medical Center and they say because of low water pressure, they’re cancelling all elective surgeries on Wednesday.
The hospital is still equipped to do emergency surgeries.
If you live in DeKalb County near Buford Hwy.
and have low water pressure, boil your water today and conserve.