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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.