Residents and property owners of areas affected by water main breaks in the city remain under boil water advisories as crews work to repair a pipe.
City authorities declared a state of emergency in Atlanta on Saturday evening after two water main breaks the day before left parts of the state's capital without water and under boil water advisories.According to Atlanta's Department of Watershed Management , the breaks happened on Friday in downtown and Midtown Atlanta on a 48-inch and 36-inch transmission line 'that carries large volumes of water to the metropolitan area.
Below is the latest updated map of the areas under boil water advisories at the time this story was published:'Crews have completed multiple rounds of repairs on the aging pipe at the junction of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard and J.P. Brawley Drive The system is gradually being brought back online to allow for the rebuilding of system pressure,' Atlanta's DWM wrote in a news release. Residents of the areas should have water restored soon.
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