DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. – Much of DeKalb County is without water after a major main break in Doraville on Wednesday.
One county shelter location said it had animals that need of water and took to Facebook to ask for donations.
The shelter posted to Facebook around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, and the message was shared more than 700 times.
The shelter said anyone wishing to donate water can drop off donations at its front desk — and that’s exactly what they did.
Our water has come back on, but we are still under a boil water advisory.
Channel 2’s Justin Wilfon visited the shelter Wednesday afternoon.
“(We’re) very, very relieved.
It’s amazing what people are willing to do if you just ask for help,” Corbett said.
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Like thousands of her fellow DeKalb County denizens, Nancy Eilen woke up Wednesday morning, tried to turn on the water and sighed.
MORE: Live updates on the massive DeKalb County water break Thousands of people left home shower- or coffee-less, and traffic quickly became a mess.
She told her son, a freshman at Decatur High School, to stay in bed.
But the water main break disrupted business hours for other restaurants in the same shopping center and elsewhere.
At Lucky’s Burger & Brew, a sign taped to the front door alerted customers that the restaurant would delay its opening: “We apologize – due to a large water main break, we cannot in good conscious (sic) open and risk the health of our guests.
We are monitoring the situation and will open shortly after the County gets the repairs done and the Board of Health gives us the go ahead.” Lucky’s general manager Michael Livingston and six other employees had shown up for work as usual.
“Everybody is on their way back.
“It feels like it’s one thing after another after another in DeKalb County.
Grocery stores throughout the county were pilfered for water throughout the day.
“Obviously, the infrastructure needs some major overhauls.

One water-saving suggestion posted on the Cape Town Water Crisis Coalition’s Facebook page was for residents to skip the bottled water aisle, as “it takes 11 litres of water to produce 1 litre of bottled water”.
Fatima Shabodien, the original poster of the content, told Africa Check that the post had originally been written in 2012 for internal purposes at ActionAid, where she serves as the country director for South Africa.
(Note: Chief executive of the South African National Bottled Water Association, Charlotte Metcalf, told Africa Check that “these treatments are not allowed for ’natural water’ or ‘water defined by origin’, which accounts for 90% of SANBWA members’ production”.)
Source: South African National Bottled Water Association Water footprint – similar to a carbon footprint “But of course that is only part of the issue – it also takes water to produce the bottles for bottled water,” Carden added.
A water footprint helps people understand how much water it takes to produce goods, water and sanitation expert Richard Holden told Africa Check.
Industry: 1.6 litres for every 1 litre bottled But water footprint assessments are not done regularly in the local bottling industry, Charlotte Metcalf, chief executive of the South African National Bottled Water Association (SANBWA), told Africa Check.
Metcalf says the few assessments SANBWA have conducted shows an average water usage figure of 1.6 litres for every 1 litre of bottled water produced by the organisation’s members.
As for the water used to make the plastic bottles, Metcalf didn’t have figures available.
Adding it to the 1.6 litre industry figure means producing 1 litre of bottled water would require just over 3 litres of water – with much giving and taking, of course.
But where does the water come from?

One-fifth of the brands tested positive for the presence of synthetic chemicals, such as industrial chemicals and chemicals used in the manufacturing process.
Bottled water companies are not under the same accountability standards as municipal water systems, and may provide a significantly lower quality of water than the water from the tap.
Rather than deriving its water from natural springs, Coca-Cola has actually been filling its Dasani bottles with filtered tap water.
Bottled water, depending upon the brand, may actually be less clean and safe than tap water.
Many people do not like the taste of their tap water.
For example, for about $30 you can put a filter on your faucet that will take away the chlorine taste, and many potential contaminates as well.
An estimated 4 billion PET bottles end up in the U.S. waste stream each year, costing cities some $70 million.
Most recycling is down-cycling: making lower quality products than the originals, and requiring the addition of virgin plastics and toxic chemicals in the process.
Bottled water produces up to 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year.
According to Food and Water Watch, that plastic requires up to 47 million gallons of oil per year to produce.

The sugary beverages tax was met with criticism for its regressive nature, particularly the fact that the council chose to tax drinks more likely to be consumed by people of color and low-income people, exempting sweetened coffee beverages.
It was more subtle and far more likely to fall on people who need it to do basic things like hydrate or wash their hands — people experiencing homelessness.
Water taxes everywhere As it happens, the story of the bottled water tax is anything but straightforward and is oddly intertwined with a charge on something else entirely — a now-defunct statewide sugary drinks tax.
The 31 states that agreed would not tax bottled water.
For a short time, there was a statewide tax on both bottled water and carbonated beverages.
Basically, that means that if a person goes to a store and refills their own reusable container, they could still get taxed on the water.
People can receive a refund on the taxes if they live in an area that does not have potable water or if a doctor prescribes water for a medical condition.
That doesn’t give people like Tibbits, or folks in encampments who rely on bottled water for basic hygiene and survival, much help.
Taxes on bottled water and other single-use containers are not unique to Washington state.
Ideally, taxes should be used to mitigate the harm done by the product, but the additional sales tax garnered from bottled water has no such direct use.

He told The Sun: “I’ve had to pay £20 to go in a taxi to get bottles from wholesalers, it sells out so fast.
"People are desperate and that money has to come from somewhere.” Thames Water has been active on social media as it desperately attempts to fix water pipes that were attacked by Storm Emma and the “Beast from the East” last week.
They tweeted: “We are pleased to say that supply in your area should be returning in NW3 and NW4 after we fixed two burst pipes and restored water pressure in the pipes.
Thames Water also apologised to those in the E3 area who were without water due to a burst water pipe on Devas Street.
South East Water, Southern Water and South West Water have also informed customers of their efforts to deliver water where pipes have been plagued.
A low-pressure system has been forecast to hit the UK over the weekend that could bring further water chaos.
More snow could fall as a result of the new front.
“This will cause some wet and windy weather and we are looking at gales and a lot of rain in parts of the country.
“It will bring some cold air back into Scotland, and this is where some talk of the cold returning could be coming from, and there is quite likely to be further amounts of snow.
“Ahead of the weekend there could be some further problems with snow in Scotland, elsewhere it will be milder and slightly unsettled.”

About 17,000 homes have had their water supplies restored over the last 24 hours, and no homes supplied by South East Water should be without water, the company said.
Some areas may have low waster pressure or an intermittent supply, it said.
Some customers in Crawley were still experiencing problems with their supply, Southern Water said.
Bottled water collection points were in place in Crawley, Rotherfield, Crowborough, Wadhurst and Cuckfield.
Overnight about 2,000 homes in Rotherfield, Mayfield and Cousley Wood had been without water.
Douglas Whitfield, head of production at South East Water, said customers would be compensated.
At the peak of the problem, more than 25,000 properties were affected, with some having been without fresh water for five days.
The government has announced an urgent review into the way water companies have handled the freezing winter weather.
Environment minister Therese Coffey said regulator Ofwat would be encouraged to take action "to ensure water companies up their game".
She said the review would consider whether statutory compensation should be paid.

SHOPOWNERS are charging £8 for a bottle of water as taps continue to run dry in thousands of homes.
Residents spotted the rip-off prices in corner stores cashing in on the crisis.
PR boss Mark Sands, who was shopping in Streatham, South London, said: “Day four with no running water and retailers selling five-litre bottles for £8 last night.
PA:Press Association It’s hugely annoying.” A five-litre bottle can sell for as little as £1 in supermarkets.
But one defiant shopkeeper defended the hike.
He added: “I’ve had to pay £20 to go in a taxi to get bottles from wholesalers, it sells out so fast.
People are desperate and that money has to come from somewhere.” Homes began running dry at the weekend when the thaw from the big freeze burst pipes across the South.
Yesterday water firms were warned they face a multi-million-pound compensation bill.
Industry regulator OFWAT said the companies had failed customers and ordered an urgent probe.
Thames Water, South East Water, Southern Water and South West Water were all criticised.

The Huntly mum has had enough of turning on her tap and brown water running out.
* Residents turn noses up at dirty water in Huntly * Discoloured tap water stains clothing "It was almost a reddish black," Wilson said.
Wilson has started buying bottled water for her family to drink because the problem is becoming more frequent.
He’d been flushing pipes that morning along Harris St, Wilson said.
"Council always says the same thing – to flush it for 10 minutes and if it’s no better to call them back."
Council acting waters manager Karl Pavlovich said Wilson’s problem may have been caused by council flushing the pipes.
This is what causes the water to turn brown, he said.
These are random and it is impossible to tell if the flushing will result in the disturbance of settled sediment, Pavlovich said.
However, he admitted neither he or anyone at council would drink the water.
Anyone experiencing brown water can contact council on 0800 492 52.

Just weeks ago water tests showed some Flint schools still have elevated levels of lead.
Mayor Karen Weaver said the city still needs the bottled water until all of the lead-tainted pipes in the city have been taken out.
Flint residents have been dealing with the water crisis for nearly four years.
“Not until it’s completely took care of.
As a new father, Mendez said he isn’t taking any chances with Flint water until he’s sure it’s clean.
“I have a newborn and I’m scared to bathe her in the water.
So, I have to use this water to make her bottles and stuff with it,” Mendez said.
Many residents said they support the mayor’s decision.
You don’t want a bunch of people who are going to be sick over lead,” said Felicia Jaynes, Flint resident.
Meanwhile, Mendez said he just wants the crisis to be over and he is tired of having to drive to the distribution center each week just to get a drink of clean water.