A 30-inch water main that broke early Friday near Tulane's Yulman Stadium has been repaired and the valves shutting off water to the damaged section reopened, the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board announced late Saturday night, but a boil-water advisory remained in effect as testing for possible contaminants continued.
Testing began about 9 a.m. Sunday and would take about 24 hours for results to come through, according to an S&WB spokesman.
The water main on S. Johnson repaired and our valves reopened, water service returned to Uptown overnight. Our water experts are collecting samples to test that the water is safe to use. Meanwhile, precautionary boil water advisory remains in effect.
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The spokesman said water service had returned overnight to Uptown properties that had been without water for a day or more, but the S&WB still urged those in the neighborhood with water service troubles to contact the agency.
"From a system-wide perspective, everything is where it should be," a spokesman said.
The ongoing boil-advisory includes all properties bounded by South Claiborne Avenue, Hickory Street, South Carrollton Avenue and both sides of Audubon Boulevard.
Courtesy of Sewerage & Water Board
The S&WB initially announced a more limited boil-water advisory Friday when a water main broke near South Johnson and Calhoun streets, flooding several blocks and causing a temporary drop in water pressure.
A series of issues, including many residents waking up Saturday to find little or no water pressure, led officials to expand the advisory area.
The water pressure issues even led the S&WB to set up a water distribution station for a few hours Saturday afternoon, where more than 70 residents picked up donated water, the utility said.
Some Uptown residents continued to be without water Saturday afternoon, and Sewerage & Water Board officials were handing out a limited su…
During a boil-water advisory, residents are advised not to drink, cook, clean food, make ice or brush teeth with tap water unless it has been brought to a rolling boil for a full minute. Residents with compromised immune systems should also use safe water to wash hands, shower or bathe.
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