Atlanta issues boil water advisory for downtown, surrounding neighborhoods

Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management issued a boil water advisory Friday for residents and companies in downtown and in neighborhoods from Vine City to Grant Park.

The division stated the advisory was prompted by an inner energy failure on the Hemphill Water Treatment Plant and was issued “out of an abundance of caution.” Power has since been restored within the plant, officers stated in an replace simply after 11:30 am

Officials didn’t give a particular timeline for when the advisory could be lifted, however stated it could stay in place till the completion of sampling protocols.

A map of the impacted areas exhibits the alert consists of downtown in addition to surrounding neighborhoods. Mechanicsville, components of Inman Park, Peoplestown and Pittsburgh are inside the vary of the advisory.

Residents and companies who’ve skilled outages or low strain ought to boil water for at the least a minute previous a “rolling boil.” Officials additionally inspired folks within the space to drink bottled water till the advisory is lifted.

A spokesperson for the watershed division didn’t instantly reply to questions from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the reason for the ability failure.

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