Atlanta Public Schools will return to normal operations Wednesday after the city lifted a boil-water advisory that affected about 80 of the district’s sites.
The city had issued the advisory on Monday and lifted it at about 1 p.m. Tuesday.
About 80 APS sites, mostly schools, fell under the advisory area.
That prompted school leaders to dump ice, turn off drinking fountains, bring in hand sanitizer and packaged meals, and distribute water bottles.
“Atlanta Public Schools facilities staff has begun opening up water sources for student and staff use in the impacted locations, and the district will follow normal operations tomorrow, Wednesday, December 5th,” the district said, in a written statement issued Tuesday afternoon.
School principals took precautions Monday afternoon and Tuesday to make sure students did not drink water.
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On Tuesday night water was shut off in the city of St. Martinville.
Officials told KATC that the shutoff was done to complete work on two main lines.
The water was shut off at 11 p.m. and officials said that it would reamin off for approximately four to five hours.
Officials said that once the water is turned back on, the city will be under a boil order until further notice.
That means that no water from the tap should be used to drink, cook or brush your teeth until it has been boiled for one full minute.
This includes water used to make soft drinks.

Utility crews have been working around the clock in all municipalities to restore water services to customers as quickly as possible.
The mandatory boil water notice will be lifted by municipal utility service areas as satisfactory bacteriological test results are obtained.
The municipal utility service areas are listed below and the attached map identifies the boil water status of each municipal utility service area.
Green shaded areas are clear and the boil water notice has been lifted.
Purple shaded areas are still under a mandatory boil water notice.
: Bay County Retail Utility Service Area Green Panama City Beach Utility Service Area Green Panama City Utility Service Area Green Panama City North Utility Service Area Green Lynn Haven Utility Service Area Green Parker Utility Service Area Green Callaway Utility Service Area Purple Springfield Utility Service Area Purple Tyndall AFB Utility Service Area Purple Purple Mexico Beach Utility Service Area Purple Copyright 2018 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Once the mandatory boil water notice is lifted in your zone, in order to eliminate any residual water from home and business plumbing systems downstream of your meter, you should run water for approximately five (5) minutes at each tap to flush the lines.
Plumbing lines serving misters, drinking fountains and soda machines should also be flushed for five (5) minutes.
The first binful of ice from icemakers should also be discarded.

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — Officials say there’s still a boil water advisory in place in parts of Lower Bucks County for Pennsylvania American Water customers, but the company is hoping that won’t be the case for long.
“We think it’s the beginning of the end, certainly," said PA American Water spokesman Terry Maenza.
That’s the hope, Maenza says, now that they have approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to begin collecting water samples for testing "We need to collect two consecutive days of test samples,” he said, which they started doing Sunday.
READ: Hunger issues in New Jersey taken on by legislature Maenza says it takes 24 hours to get the results of each sample, and that they’ll do more testing on Monday.
"As long as those samples come back with no signs of bacteria, we’ll be able to lift the advisory," he said.
That means Tuesday is the best case scenario for this advisory to be lifted.
Over the weekend, KYW Newsradio found out mechanical control issues in the plant led to high turbidity levels, or cloudiness in the water, that’s why the boil water advisory was called in the first place.
In addition, the Pennsbury School District has announced all Pennsbury schools will be open on Monday, December 23.
Dr. William J. Gretzula, the district Superintendent, issued a statement thanking community members for their “patience and understanding.” Gretzula also says PA American Water has provided schools, under the advisory, with a pallet of bottled water.
For all other customers under the advisory, PA American Water says they will continue to have water tankers available; those locations can be found here.

After Atlanta officials issued a boil water advisory for a large area of the city, some grocery stores started selling its cases of bottled water fast.
"Shortly after 10 this morning our staff was working on routine maintenance for flow meters that are tied into the system of the high service pumps for Hemphill," said Kisha Powell during a council meeting.
Powell is the commissioner of the Department of Watershed Management for the City of Atlanta.
"We’re still doing our root cause analysis but in our preliminary discussions our process controls folks have noted that while one of the control or flow meters was in maintenance mode there was one that was not and it’s likely that that meter sent an alarm to the high service pumps to shut them off," she said.
11Alive noticed that many of the shelves were empty at the Kroger on Monroe Drive at Ansley Mall.
It was the same sight at the Publix nearby.
Water in the coolers near the checkout was also gone.
Restaurants and businesses have also taken precautions.
"Our teams started sampling as soon as we had pressure restored to the system.
We dispatched our sampling teams."

WATERFORD, Ohio (WTAP) – UPDATE: 9/18/2018, 3:30 PM Tri-County Rural Water & Sewer District says the boil-water advisory has been lifted for customers in Waterford, Ohio.
Tri-County Rural Water & Sewer District says a broken water main was repaired Sunday, but a Boil Water Advisory is still in effect for nearly 400 customers in Waterford, Ohio.
TCRW’s General Manager, Candice Armstrong, said a water main ripped apart from old age and high water pressure, and was fixed around noon Sunday.
Workers are currently flushing the water lines and grabbing water samples for testing, which should be completed by late Tuesday or early Wednesday, Armstrong said.
Until then, the Boil Water Advisory remains in effect.
The water main break that has residents on the Waterford side of the Muskingum River without water should be repaired soon.
WTAP received a call early Sunday morning from Tri-County Rural water & Sewer District reporting a "major water break" in one of their water mains, causing water to three to four hundred residents to be shut off.
Tri-County Water now says that it plans to have the main repaired by noon or 1:00 p.m.
When water is restored, residents will be under a boil advisory.
WTAP will have updates throughout the afternoon.

BEECH MOUNTAIN, N.C. – The town of Beech Mountain has reduced the water crisis from water boil advisory and Level 5 restrictions to Level 2 Restrictions.
This means showers, washing dishes, and general water use is now permitted.
Officials said water levels have risen significantly, but not to the point of lifting all restrictions.
Residents are asked to keep water use to about 10 percent less than what you would normally use.
Officials said maintenance work was being done at the Buckeye Reservoir when the initial incident occurred which triggered Level 5 Restriction around the Thanksgiving holiday.
A diver went in late last Tuesday afternoon to finish work when his leg got caught.
More than a dozen agencies were called in to help rescue the diver, who was not freed until 10 p.m.
The diver was taken to the hospital and is expected to be OK. People who violate the rationing orders could face penalties.
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SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – A boil water advisory for Sunny Isles Beach has been lifted.
City officials said the notice ended late Saturday night.
They issued the advisory after a water main burst Thursday morning, sending water into the streets near 174th Street and Collins Avenue.
The following is a courtesy message from NMB Water.
As of 10:45 pm on Saturday, December 22, NMB Water has CANCELED the precautionary boil water notice that had been in effect for all residential and commercial properties along 174 Street.
For questions, call (305)NMB-WATER.
pic.twitter.com/ZIdJsozdm8 — City of Sunny Isles Beach (@CityofSIB) December 23, 2018 The flooding caused road closures while crews worked to fix the break.
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City of Jackson Public Works Director Robert Miller discusses a boil water advisory that affects 60,000 connections and has led to restaurants closing for the day.
Harold Gater A Thursday morning water main leak that resulted in a massive crater in north Jackson has been repaired and surrounding residents again have access to water.
The cause of the leak is still under investigation, Public Works Director Robert Miller said.
The leak caused a boil water notice for about 60,000 residents and left surrounding residents without water for about four days.
The notice has been lifted for most residents although about a thousand homes in the surrounding area are still under a boil water notice, Miller said on Monday.
Normally, the concrete pipes can last up to 100 years, he said.
“We’re standing here in front of a 90-degree bend of pre-stressed concrete pipe and what you see here are two corrosion holes one slightly bigger than the size of my fist, the other slightly larger,” Miller said in front of the excavation site.
Workers with Hemphill Construction replaced the concrete main with a Ductell iron pipe.
"The concrete thrust block must cure, the new pipe must be flushed and refilled, and the water in the new pipe must be tested as safe before opening the new pipe for flow into the system.
Judy Johnson, who has lived in the neighborhood close to 30 years, said the leak is the worst she’s seen, having lived through several infrastructure crises in Jackson.