High water in the Garner’s Creek and Sam Hollow Road area; and at the Piney River and Highway 48 in Dickson County.
Chris Gadd, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Customers using the Vanleer Water Works system are under advisory ”effective immediately and until further notice” to boil their tap water due to pipe breaks during the storm yesterday, according to local emergency management officials.
Staff with the Dickson County Emergency Management Agency and other Vanleer volunteers are handing out bottled water Sunday at the Vanleer Fire Department.
EMA Director Rob Fisher said the Vanleer Water Works system “took some hits” with several underground water main breaks in the last 24 hours.
The water mains remain under water due to the heavy rainfall last week and are delaying crews ability to repair the water lines, Fisher said.
He said water from the system, which serves over 1,000 customers in Dickson County as well as Montgomery and Houston counties, might not be usable for 3-4 days.
First, repairs must be made, then the system will be backflushed and prepared for use again, Fisher said.
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RECOVERY BEGINS: Over 100-year-old Dickson Church recovers from flooding FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK: Dickson EMA director: Floods coming this week, ‘no way around it’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — We’ve heard the warnings: leave the faucets drizzling and protect your pipes because the cold is here.
Tennessee ranks fourth in the country for the amount of frozen pipe claims, and the average price tag is $19,000.
Kristil Lyle has lived in her East Nashville home for the past 26 years.
“We used everything they tell you not to use,” Lyle laughed.
She says she’d turn the stove on, use space heaters, and find heat wherever she could.
“Depending on how cold it was we’d have to sometimes block off one room and be able to just be in that one room to have enough heat,” Lyle said.
Now, she makes sure to leave her faucets running and the cabinets open.
“My water bill would just be so high because I’d leave the water running for days,” Lyle said.
“We don’t really do anything particular, we just make sure it stays warm in the apartment,” Calvina Leibig said.
Last year, The Cleo apartments in East Nashville flooded when sprinkler lines ruptured in below freezing temperatures.

(Photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean) State environmental officials asked Tennessee Gov.
Bill Lee for more funding to repair and upgrade municipal water and sewer infrastructure on Tuesday.
Without the required maintenance, old pipes can burst, sewage can back up and cities can’t grow.
A focus on rural, small towns One of the Lee administration’s top priorities is rural economic development, which became the focus of discussions.
Lee, reiterating his priority, asked how the department selects utilities.
It sometimes picks small towns for loans, he said, but they don’t always accept because they would have to increase customer rates.
This year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted Tennessee an additional $13 million, Salyers said, but he needed the additional state money to take advantage of the federal funds.
Tennessee needs $15.6 billion for aging sewer and drinking water systems through 2040, according to a state report released in December.
Typically, TDEC makes 20 to 30 low- or no-interest loans from the State Revolving Fund each year.
“I think there is some real opportunity there for us to advance your vision," Salyers told Lee.

In a story Dec. 18 about an EPA water regulation rollback, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote to Environmental Protection Agency acting administrator Andrew Wheeler.
It should have been attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall.
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"When Obama-EPA put forward these definitions, they claimed it was in the interest of water quality.
"We are here today to tell you that we’re putting an end of that power grab."
Environmental groups have warned the proposed overhaul will be a grave assault on the aims of the 1972 Clean Water Act, the foundational U.S. water protection law.
The Trump administration would remove federal protections for wetlands nationally unless they are connected to another federally protected waterway.
The Clean Water Act bans polluting any "water of the United States" without a permit.
Others counter the protections are an obstacle to farmers and businesspeople — adding that the current state of regulations has caused confusion for land owners, particularly when it came to permit requirements for protecting those federally protected waterways.

Officials at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation say the changes are meant to improve the permitting process while protecting waterways.
But environmental groups are concerned that proposed changes will further erode Tennessee’s water pollution protections.
Environmentalists point to a recent shopping center project in Cookeville, where TDEC allowed a developer to fill in protected wetlands.
Easing water quality standards Tennessee — led by the Republican-dominated General Assembly — has been chipping away at water quality regulations in recent years.
In both cases, the Haslam administration opposed the changes, but the governor allowed them to become law without a veto.
Rule changes to allow for faster permitting One rule change would make it clear that developers could disturb some of the state’s most bio-diverse and pristine streams and wetlands — those considered “exceptional Tennessee waters” — as long as they mitigate the damage within a defined nearby area.
Two judges have sided with the state, and the Water Quality Control Board is set to hear the environmental group’s appeal in October.
Another set of rule changes that could impact water quality, advocates say, would clarify the level of acceptable pollution or damage in a stream.
The rule changes propose setting “baseline conditions” when a developer applies for a permit.
The EPA recommends that states set the allowable limits of nutrients to a certain level in the reference streams, but TDEC has been using a more lenient standard, potentially allowing more nutrients.

Here is more about how some strains of E. coli can make people sick.
However, some others can cause diseases, ranging from bladder infections to fatal multi-organ failure, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
E.coli are plentiful in the environment.
They can come from both human and animal intestines and are often found in stool.
Pets can also be infected and spread the bacteria.
E.coli contamination has been a common source of food- and water-related illness outbreaks, according to the CDC.
Some may feel ill three to four days after eating or drinking from a contaminated source, but it’s not uncommon for a person to feel ill on day one or even day ten.
Most people who become ill from E.coli will feel better in five to seven days, without any medications.
Some strains of E.coli may have become resistant to the antibiotics.
If there are any concerns, consider using bottled water for drinking and washing foods.

Here is more about how some strains of E. coli can make people sick.
However, some others can cause diseases, ranging from bladder infections to fatal multi-organ failure, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
E.coli are plentiful in the environment.
They can come from both human and animal intestines and are often found in stool.
Pets can also be infected and spread the bacteria.
E.coli contamination has been a common source of food- and water-related illness outbreaks, according to the CDC.
Some may feel ill three to four days after eating or drinking from a contaminated source, but it’s not uncommon for a person to feel ill on day one or even day ten.
Most people who become ill from E.coli will feel better in five to seven days, without any medications.
Some strains of E.coli may have become resistant to the antibiotics.
If there are any concerns, consider using bottled water for drinking and washing foods.

UPDATE: (WBIR) – Tests performed by the Tennessee Department of Health thus far indicate contamination of E. coli and total coliforms were found in the well water believed to be linked to hundreds of cases of gastrointestinal illness reported at a Gatlinburg outdoor attraction this week.
According to the Tennessee Department of Health, more than 500 cases of gastrointestinal illness were reported at CLIMB Works Zipline Canopy Tour in Gatlinburg since mid-June of 2018.
The state said while the investigation is ongoing, routine testing done on the well water were indicative of contamination for E. coli and it plans to do more testing on environmental sampling to support the investigation.
The facility was closed temporarily but resumed routine operations as they receive consultation from local health authorities.
"There is ongoing communication with the Tennessee Department of Health and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation regarding future use of the well-water system," the department said.
In a post in reply to a review from a guest that complained of illness on Saturday, CLIMB Works said its water tests came back within safe conditions.
Dr. Shawn Hawkins, a professor of biosystems engineering at UT, says there are likely two ways well water can be contaminated with E. coli: contaminated surface water or a septic system leak.
The symptoms set in on the last day of the trip, and they had to stop in Birmingham to recoup.
"I can’t complain, we still had an enjoyable trip up until that point," Mary Basco-Naquin said.
The health department says the respondents visited CLIMB Works between mid-June and early July and are in multiple states.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – NewsChannel 5 Investigates first revealed that, as part of its lead-testing program, Metro Nashville Public Schools utilized a testing method that masks the real contamination problem in its drinking water.
MNPS responded by posting a claim on its website that “EPA VALIDATES METRO SCHOOLS’ LEAD TESTING PROTOCOL.” But our investigation discovered there’s a lot more to the story.
Related stories: MNPS Testing May Have Masked Water Contamination Flint Expert: MNPS Lead Tests Belong In Garbage Back in May, our investigation revealed that the district uses a protocol – called “pre-stagnation flushing” – that essentially washes away the evidence before workers collect water samples.
The top expert from Flint, Michigan, said MNPS’ results “need to be thrown right in the garbage” and the district needs to start over.
Ask Metro Schools, and they’ll point to the EPA’s published guidance for schools that says: “Ideally, the water should sit in the pipes unused for at least 8 hours but not more than 18 hours before a sample is taken.” MNPS has used that one sentence to justify sending crews out to schools to completely flush out the water lines the day before the samples are collected.
Go back to the sentence that MNPS likes to quote.
“However, water may be more than 18 hours old at some outlets that are infrequently used.
If this is typical of normal use patterns, then these outlets should still be sampled.” Later, in that same document where MNPS found the one sentence it likes, EPA says that testing should be “representative of the normal water consumption pattern.” In 2016, after the Flint water crisis, the EPA issued a "clarification" for public drinking water systems that pre-stagnation flushing does NOT represent a best practice.
Therefore, EPA recommends that sampling instructions not contain a pre-stagnation flushing step.” According to emails obtained through a public records request, MNPS spokesperson Michelle Michaud got an Atlanta EPA official to say that Grevatt’s memorandum “does not apply” to schools.
Special Section: NC5 Investigates: Lead in School Water

Autoplay:Play Video0:00 0:00: 0%: 0%LIVE -0:00 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville school officials may have covered up problems with the district’s drinking water, using a testing protocol that masks the real level of lead contamination, a NewsChannel 5 investigation has discovered.
Test results from a water sample brought to NewsChannel 5 Investigates by a Metro Schools insider suggests the contamination issues could be far greater than district officials have been willing to admit.
You can see the crud there, but if you shake it just a little," Combs said, jiggling the bottle as the water turned green.
She worried that the copper contamination could make its way into the food that’s prepared in the cafeteria.
It added, "The district tested all fixtures at the building last summer and all were below EPA action levels."
The Metro Schools insider described the testing protocol.
NewsChannel 5 Investigates asked, "A couple of hours, you say?"
That’s what we were instructed to do that day."
The water is run throughout the building, then allowed to sit for at least six hours before a test sample is collected.
"EPA recommends that sampling instructions not contain a pre-stagnation flushing step."