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Update, 10:56 a.m.
The boil water advisory in New Orleans has been lifted after samples of water tested negative for contaminants.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the advisory had been lifted about 10:50 a.m. Thursday during a Sewerage & Water Board meeting.
The water was switched to Entergy power about 20 minutes later, but the pressure in the pipes had fallen below the threshold of 15 pounds per square inch, the point at which a boil water advisory is issued, by that time.
SWB cancelled the precautionary boil water advisory for East Bank of #NOLA after tests confirmed that water in the area is safe to drink.
Officials began testing water samples on Wednesday. Turbine 6 was back running on diesel fuel as of Wednesday evening, officials said.
The latest trouble followed weeks of other headline-making problems at the troubled public utility, which came under intense scrutiny in the wake of an Aug. 5 flood and revelations that top officials did not give the public accurate information about the status of the drainage system at that time.
Until the order is lifted, residents were advised not to drink tap water, brush their teeth or make ice with it, or allow it to get into open cuts or wounds.

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MAYETTA, Kan. (KSNT)– People in the city of Mayetta are under a boil advisory since before 11 Thursday morning.
Cori Jager has never been under a boil advisory before.
“I actually didn’t even think about brushing my teeth and then I thought, ‘oh,’” she said.
He said they have sent a water test to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and hope to lift the advisory by tomorrow afternoon.
Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic ice maker.
Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.
Water used for bathing generally does not need to be boiled. Supervision of children is necessary while bathing so that water is not ingested.

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NEW ORLEANS – It is safe to drink the tap water again in all parts of Orleans Parish.
The Sewerage and Water Board announced at 11 a.m. that the precautionary boil water advisory that had been effect for the East Bank of Orleans Parish since yesterday morning has been lifted.
“Water samples from across the East Bank of New Orleans have tested negative for contamination, so the precautionary boil water advisory has been cancelled at this time,” Interim S&WB Executive Director Robert Miller said. “The Sewerage and Water Board is committed to providing safe drinking water and this precautionary boil water advisory was issued out of an abundance of caution to ensure the public’s safety. We thank the impacted residents and businesses for their patience and apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

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City officials lifted the boil water advisory that covered the entirety of the east bank Thursday morning, almost 30 hours after an issue with a Sewerage & Water Board power turbine led to a loss in water pressure.
But while the order has been lifted, there are still no answers on why Turbine 6, which was powering the utility’s sewer and water system, and two backup steam pumps designed to keep pressure in the pipes failed Wednesday morning.
The turbine, the newest of the five operated by the S&WB, went down about 7:25 a.m. Wednesday and it took about 20 minutes for the utility to switch over to Entergy power. When the turbine went offline, that left only one of the five operated by the S&WB at its Carrollton power plant operating.
During that time, the pressure dropped below the 15 pounds-per-square inch threshold that requires a boil water advisory to be issued because of the possibility that contaminants could get into the system.
The turbine was brought back online Wednesday night.
More pumps are also being brought online, with 109 of the 120 pumps in the system now operational, Rainwater said.

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The advisory was issued because of a line break resulting in a loss of pressure in the system.
Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.
The advisory is in effect Thursday and will remain until conditions which place the system at risk of contamination are deemed by KDHE officials to be adequately resolved.
If you are a Leon resident you should boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation, or use bottled water.
Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic icemaker.
Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.
Supervision of children is necessary while bathing so that water is not ingested. Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.

Chlorine flushing was used during a nine-day boil water alert in July when the potentially fatal bacteria was first found in Artesia’s municipal water supply.
“Our question to the city was that if the city decides not to treat the water, what would the state action be?” Burch said.
And Burch said the cost of treatment is still unknown.
For a lot of people this is devastating.

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The east bank of New Orleans remained under a boil water advisory Thursday morning (Sept. 21), the city said at 6:15 a.m.
On Wednesday, the city said S&WB and Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals officials were testing water samples to check for contamination.
Read more about what officials say happened.
* The advisory was issued because New Orleans’ water system is a highly pressurized network that pumps drinking water throughout the city.
* There have been a dozen boil water advisories in New Orleans since 2010. Read more about those, plus see when the power supply for the Sewerage & Water Board was compromised but public health advisories were not issued.
State law requires the city to issue a boil advisory if water pressure drops below a safe level.
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune will continue to report Thursday on developments related to the boil water advisory.

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"But it’s one of the things you deal with living in New Orleans."
With a boil water advisory in effect first-thing Wednesday, restaurant employees knew it’d be an interesting day.
"My first thoughts were to get with my general managers and tell them what to expect," said Dad Dog Director of Operations, Henry Sauviac.
"When I woke up I got a text from my GM asking me to bring ice into work," said Butler.
However they say they just went with the flow.
"Of course we’re a Vegan restaurant and we wash a ton of veggies all day long," said Seed front of house Manager, Daniel Thelen. But luckily that wasn’t the case.
"It’s not as much of a challenge as it would seem as long as you take the proper precautions," said Sauviac.
"We spent a good portion of the day cleaning out the ice machine and various things," said Butler.

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NEW CUMBERLAND — A boil advisory is in effect for residents of New Cumberland city limits following a water line break early Wednesday morning at New Cumberland City Park.
Emergency crews were called to the park around 12:30 a.m. after a main pump line, located behind the pavilion near the creek, ruptured, leaving hundreds of customers within city limits without water service throughout the day.
Crews from James White Construction of Weirton were called out and replaced 17 feet of pipe, which had been located nearly 14 feet underground.
“We had to cut out, somewhere around 17 to 18 foot pipe, replace it, which is approximately 13 to 14 feet under the ground,” Jones said.
Water service was restored later in the day Wednesday, and samples were gathered and sent to the state health department for bacterial tests.
Approximately 440 customers were affected by the break, Jones said. Customers in city limits are being advised to boil their water for the next 24-48 hours as samples are being tested.

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New Orleans restaurants were forced to adapt or shut down after the Sewerage and Water Board issued a precautionary water advisory Wednesday when a turbine stopped working.
"It’s put a little bit of a damper on everyone’s attitude today, and some customers weren’t happy about having to purchase bottled water."
But the power failure triggered a precautionary boil water advisory for the entire east bank of New Orleans that will remain in effect until at least Thursday morning.
Whether the streets are flooding or there’s a boil water advisory, there’s always an issue in Orleans Parish, and it’s quite frustrating for all of us," Hanley said.
Benrud purchased gallons of water to deal with the issue.
Robinson found out about the advisory when he read the sign at Cane’s around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
"I lost faith in the whole city," Robinson said.
Erin Burns with Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s communications department said a text alert was sent out Wednesday morning but only to people who signed up for Nola Ready system.
Burns said because this was a precautionary boil water advisory, it did not rise to the emergency alert level.