Boil Water Advisory Lifted For All Areas In Atlanta (UPDATED)

UPDATE at 9:11 a.m. July 8: The Atlanta Department of Watershed Management has lifted the boil water advisory that remained in effect for two areas in its service district.

The advisory was lifted Saturday morning for theMechanicsville neighborhood and a segment of the Campbellton-Fairburn Road area, meaning all city water customers can now resume their normal routines.

Additional samples taken in these two isolated areas confirmed there was no contamination of the public water system, the department said. Water may be used for all purposes without boiling. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has been notified.

A power outage reported early Thursday morning triggered a temporary loss of pressure in parts of the drinking water system served by the Hemphill Water Treatment Plant. While normal operations were restored within 40 minutes, Atlanta chose to issue the advisory out of an abundance of caution.

Samples taken throughout the affected area confirmed no system-wide contamination of the public drinking water system occurred as a result of the power interruption at Hemphill pump station, the department added.

The city initially lifted the advisory Friday afternoon almost all areas impacted, with the exception of the Mechanicsville and Campbellton-Fairburn Road areas "out of an abundance of caution."

For questions, you can call the Department of Watershed Management at at 404-982-1468 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or visit the agency's website.

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