Don’t flush! Major water main break impacting city residents

City residents: you may be without water for a while. Think before flushing.

January 19, 2015; 2:48 PM • by Ross Catrow

Update #3 — January 19, 2015; 2:46 PM

Water is okay! No need to boil it! We are withdrawing the advisory.— RichmondVaDPU (@UtilityBuddy) January 19, 2015

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Update #2 — January 19, 2015; 1:59 PM

If you lost water or had low pressure you should boil your drinking water for the next 48 hours. Just a precaution says our friendly Utility Buddy over at the Department of Public Utilities.

@RossCatrow @rvabusiness @johnson_kleigh if you lost it today or had low pressure, yes— RichmondVaDPU (@UtilityBuddy) January 19, 2015

Here’s the full release from DPU.

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Update #1 — January 19, 2015; 10:05 AM

24 inch water main break at Cumberland and Harrison, leak isolated, working to restore VCU Hospital Systems first, working all day and night— RichmondVaDPU (@UtilityBuddy) January 19, 2015

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Original — January 19, 2015

This morning a “major water main break” at Harrison and Cumberland has left many in the Fan, Museum District, Jackson Ward, and the Northside without water. This is not your daddy’s water main break, check it out:

Major water main break at Harrison and Cumberland, no water in Museum District, Fan— RichmondVaDPU (@UtilityBuddy) January 19, 2015

Here's a look at the water main break impacting #RVA near Harrison and Cumberland Sts. pic.twitter.com/hF795LvXvT— Scott Wise (@Scott_Wise) January 19, 2015

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