Pender County Utilities officials say some water customers in Hampstead will be without service late Wednesday night into Thursday morning for a planned outage followed by a boil advisory.
Residents affected will be those along Sloop Point Loop Road from Highway 17 to Strawberry Fields Way; Country Club Drive from Sloop Point Loop Road to Mallard Bay Road; and all of Mallard Bay Road.
The outage will take place from 11 p.m. Wednesday until 7 a.m. Thursday and is necessary for the NCDOT to relocate a water main.
Once service is restored, a boil water advisory will be in effect.
Due to periods of low or no pressure in the distribution system increases the potential for back siphonage and introduction of bacteria into the water system.
Consumers should boil all water used for human consumption (including drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes and food preparation) or use bottled water.
Vigorous boiling for one minute should kill any disease-causing organisms that may be present in the water.
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RICHMOND, Ky. (WKYT) – Richmond Utilities says a boil water advisory that affected eight buildings on the EKU campus has been lifted.
The boil water advisory was the result of a water main break on Lancaster Avenue, according to Kristi Middleton, an EKU spokesperson.
According to Richmond Utilities, water quality tests were conducted and no hazard was detected.
It is now safe to use water in the following buildings: Blanton House Burrier Cammack Campbell Coates Foster Jones Roark

Now that a boil water advisory has been lifted for most customers, Owensboro Municipal Utilities is working to fortify the pipes that burst on Monday.
The water main breaks occurred outside OMU’s water treatment plant on Fourth Street known as Plant-A.
Updated Thursday at 5:15 a.m.: A boil water advisory has been lifted for the vast majority of Owensboro Municipal Utilities customers impacted by Monday’s water main breaks.
The Kentucky Division of Water authorized the lifting of the boil water advisory Wednesday night for all but 300 OMU customers.
Update 6:05 a.m. Wednesday: Water pressure is expected to be back to normal Wednesday morning for about 100,000 Owensboro Municipal Utilities following a water main break on Monday.
But the water still won’t be safe for drinking or cooking until the system is flushed and the Kentucky Division of Water completes testing, which are expected to take place Thursday.
Customers affected by Monday’s break near the OMU plant on Fourth Street are advised to bring water used for drinking or cooking to a rolling boil for at least three minutes.
Original Post: Residents of Owensboro and Daviess County could be without water for an extended period of time after a water main ruptured in front of the Owensboro Municipal Utilities’ treatment facility on 4th St.
It’s unknown what caused the main break, which occurred around 4:00 a.m. on Monday.
"You need to bring water that you plan to either drink or use in cooking to a boil for three minutes," said OMU Commuications Manager Sonya Dixon.

NEW GOSHEN, Ind.
(WTHI) – A utility work accident leads to a boil order for one Wabash Valley community.
A representative from Fayette Township Water told News 10 residents in New Goshen are under a boil order until further notice.
She said the crew doing the work his a main line causing the water issues.

Warriors for Clean Water claims Decatur’s water is contaminated with heavy metals and can cause kidney failure.
Decatur Utilities calls the claims unwarranted and unsubstantiated.
Here’s what Decatur Utilities wrote in a letter it sent to WAAY 31: “Decatur Utilities assures customers that its drinking water is safe Decatur Utilities monitored a press conference held today by Ron Mixon of Warriors for Clean Water and Dr. John Rose, DO (Doctor of Osteopathy).
The Decatur Utilities service area was lumped into a region referenced in a study alleging a link between levels of heavy metals in local drinking water and instances of kidney failure.
Decatur Utilities provides its customers with safe, clean drinking water that exceeds state and federal quality standards.
Contrary to the claim made by Mr. Mixon, DU’s water treatment process is multi-staged and includes screening, chemical addition, settling, filtration, and disinfection.
Decatur Utilities performs more than one million tests in-house and at third-party independent laboratories each year to monitor the level of contaminants in the drinking water provided.
Levels of other contaminants are well below the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM).
In August, Decatur Utilities received notification from the EPA that its Water Treatment Plant (WTP) had surpassed state and federal regulatory treatment standards for water quality for the fourth straight year (2013-2016).
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Warriors for Clean Water claims Decatur’s water is contaminated with heavy metals and can cause kidney failure.
Decatur Utilities calls the claims unwarranted and unsubstantiated.
Here’s what Decatur Utilities wrote in a letter it sent to WAAY 31: “Decatur Utilities assures customers that its drinking water is safe Decatur Utilities monitored a press conference held today by Ron Mixon of Warriors for Clean Water and Dr. John Rose, DO (Doctor of Osteopathy).
The Decatur Utilities service area was lumped into a region referenced in a study alleging a link between levels of heavy metals in local drinking water and instances of kidney failure.
Decatur Utilities provides its customers with safe, clean drinking water that exceeds state and federal quality standards.
Contrary to the claim made by Mr. Mixon, DU’s water treatment process is multi-staged and includes screening, chemical addition, settling, filtration, and disinfection.
Decatur Utilities performs more than one million tests in-house and at third-party independent laboratories each year to monitor the level of contaminants in the drinking water provided.
Levels of other contaminants are well below the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM).
In August, Decatur Utilities received notification from the EPA that its Water Treatment Plant (WTP) had surpassed state and federal regulatory treatment standards for water quality for the fourth straight year (2013-2016).
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The extreme cold has been blamed for repeated water main breaks.
Officials at the Illinois American Water headquarters said their teams have been very busy with repairing water main breaks, collecting water samples and completing necessary testing.
The utility will notify customers when the boil order is lifted.
There were signs posted outside various business and restaurants throughout the metro east as customers remain under a boil order.
"We are asking our customers to boil their water before they drink it and before they ingest it for five minutes.
They will notify customers once the boil water order has been lifted.
The frigid temperatures and river levels are causing a number of problems for water systems in the metro east.
A conservation request will remain in effect while crews continue to battle frigid temperatures and the effect on its systems.
If they need to wash their clothes, they should wait until they have a full load, etc.
These are the impacted communities: Belleville East St. Louis Centreville Brooklyn Fairmont City Sauget Shiloh Washington Park Alorton Cahokia (from Commonfields of Cahokia PWD) Swansea Canteen Township St. Clair Township Stookey Township Smithton Township Also, sale-for-resale customers (wholesale) include: Scott Air Force Base O’Fallon – (O’Fallon provides water to Fairview Heights) Caseyville Millstadt Metro-East Municipal Joint Action Water Agency (Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water District & City of Columbia) Waterloo

The extreme cold has been blamed for repeated water main breaks.
Officials at the Illinois American Water headquarters said their teams have been very busy with repairing water main breaks, collecting water samples and completing necessary testing.
The utility will notify customers when the boil order is lifted.
There were signs posted outside various business and restaurants throughout the metro east as customers remain under a boil order.
"We are asking our customers to boil their water before they drink it and before they ingest it for five minutes.
They will notify customers once the boil water order has been lifted.
The frigid temperatures and river levels are causing a number of problems for water systems in the metro east.
A conservation request will remain in effect while crews continue to battle frigid temperatures and the effect on its systems.
If they need to wash their clothes, they should wait until they have a full load, etc.
These are the impacted communities: Belleville East St. Louis Centreville Brooklyn Fairmont City Sauget Shiloh Washington Park Alorton Cahokia (from Commonfields of Cahokia PWD) Swansea Canteen Township St. Clair Township Stookey Township Smithton Township Also, sale-for-resale customers (wholesale) include: Scott Air Force Base O’Fallon – (O’Fallon provides water to Fairview Heights) Caseyville Millstadt Metro-East Municipal Joint Action Water Agency (Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water District & City of Columbia) Waterloo

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WW: How does Bentley software align with good engineering practices in water and wastewater systems?
Having a common data environment helps streamline design and management of critical information, but the key is now a connected data environment that helps facilitate the interoperation of multiple data sources, providing a common view of data that delivers accurate and reliable information to operations, maintenance, and engineering when it is needed.
By providing real-time information that can be supplemented with hydraulic models, the operator can have true insight into the behavior and condition of a network.
Asset information management systems that enable the convergence of IT, OT, and ET data will make infrastructure assets more powerful, efficient, and reliable by exploiting the Big Data potential.
Hydraulic modeling generally has been used for long-term planning, while data from the SCADA systems are used heavily in daily operational decisions.

SURGOINSVILLE, TN (WJHL) – Surgoinsville Utility District officials have issued a boil water alert for customer who experienced water outages, as well as low pressure on Monday. According to a news release, the utility district said due to a water line break they suspect that some customers’ water may be contaminated and are advising anyone who had water outages or low pressure to boil water before drinking or cooking food. The utility said as a precaution water should be strained through a clean cloth to remove sediment or floating material,…