At Henry Ford Hospital in West Bloomfield, 15 patients in critical condition were moved to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Robert Riney, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Henry Ford Health System, said scheduled c-sections were rerouted to other hospitals and all elective surgeries were canceled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
“We’ll take it day by day after that depending on the word we get of the water main,” Riney said.
Passing through the empty aisle, Novi resident Dale Kind, 60, said he wasn’t surprised by the run on bottled water.
The water authority says it’s working with community water departments to isolate water systems from the damaged portion of main in order to begin repairs.
The regional authority said residents in Wixom, Walled Lake, Commerce Township as well as parts of Novi may experience low to no water pressure as repairs occur because the communities are located at the end of this transmission main and cannot be served water through another part of the system.
The water authority said Tuesday in a statement that while it is trying to restore water to as many customers as possible.
There were dozens of school closings Tuesday.
They included the Novi Community Schools District, the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, the West Bloomfield School District and Bloomfield Hills Schools.
The GLWA continues to investigate the cause of the break.