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UPDATE: Boil water advisory lifted for City of Atlanta

The boil water advisory has been lifted for the entire city nearly a week after two water mains broke and plunged the city into an unprecedented water crisis.

June 06, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
Crews work to repair a water main break in Midtown Atlanta on June 2, 2024.

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UPDATE: Midtown water repairs completed, boil water advisory remains

Repairs continued Tuesday afternoon as Atlanta Watershed clarified its boil water advisory map for residents and listed new outages in affected neighborhoods.

June 04, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
Repairs to a major water main in Midtown at 11th and West Peachtree streets were still underway on Tuesday morning, June 4. (Photo by Beth McKibben)

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UPDATE: Midtown repairs continue, Army Corps of Engineers called in as water crisis enters fifth day

Repairs to a major water main break in Midtown continued on Tuesday morning as Atlanta’s unprecedented water crisis moved into a fifth day.

June 04, 2024
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
Rev. Keyanna Jones, Black Futurist Managing Director Devon Barrington and MoreLyfe Juice Co. owner Trinket Lewis spoke outside the Atlanta City Council meeting on June 3, 2024, to express their concerns over lost revenues resulting from the weekend's water main breaks.

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Atlanta business owners demand financial relief after water main breaks: 'This is our high season'

After a series of water mains breaks that began Friday in Atlanta, a large portion of residents remain without drinkable water. GPB’s Amanda Andrews reports business owners are demanding financial relief.

June 03, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Crews working to repair the 11th Street water main break at 7:30 a.m. Monday, June 3. (Photo by Beth McKibben)

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UPDATE: ‘Essential repairs’ on broken water main taking place in Midtown Atlanta

Atlanta Watershed shut off water at 1 a.m. to certain streets to complete “essential repairs” on a broken water main that has been gushing since Friday night.

June 03, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley and
  • Beth McKibben

UPDATE: Atlanta Boil Water Advisory Lifted

1:17 p.m. Atlanta's Department of Watershed Management says Atlanta is good to go after a boil water advisory that lasted most of Monday into Tuesday....

December 04, 2018
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  • Ross Terrell

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