A four foot wide underground pipe broke near Buford Highway in Doraville, spilling about 100 million gallons of water and causing disruptions for most of DeKalb County.
Boil and conserve water notice until Saturday Residents in the affected area are being asked to boil water for at least one minute after water comes to a rolling boil prior to drinking, cooking or preparing baby food.
DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond released this statement regarding the boil water advisory in effect for residents in the county: "A large diameter water main break is causing water pressure in parts of the water system to drop to dangerously low levels.
DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management, in an abundance of caution, is issuing a Boil Water Advisory for the entire system.
In order to protect the public from a potential health hazard, all customers that have experienced water outages and/or low water pressures are advised to “boil” all water prior to use for drinking, cooking, or preparing baby food.
Customers should continue to boil their water until they are notified that the water system has been restored to full operation, and that the microbiological quality of the water in the distribution system is safe for human consumption."
CBS46’s Rebekka Schramm talked with a public information representative from DeKalb Medical Center and they say because of low water pressure, they’re cancelling all elective surgeries on Wednesday.
The hospital is still equipped to do emergency surgeries.
and have low water pressure, boil your water today and conserve.
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