Water pressure is returning to downtown Atlanta and neighboring communities
ByJEFF AMY Associated Press
ATLANTA — Water pressure was returning to downtown Atlanta and neighboring areas on Sunday after a two-day water failure shut down organizations and left faucets dry at numerous homes.
A big swath of the city stayed under an order to boil water before drinking it, however Mayor Andre Dickens stated in a late Saturday news conference that one of the 2 significant water primary breaks impacting the city hadactually been fixed.
“I understand it’s been a difficult and aggravating day for numerous of you, however I’m happy to have some favorable news to report tonight,” Dickens stated.
The first-term Democratic mayor, who dealswith reelection in 2025, was onceagain regretful, even as citizens continued to savage the city’s action. Among the critics: Megan Thee Stallion, whose Friday and Saturday night reveals at downtown’s State Farm Arena were canceled.
“Call the mayor! All day they’ve been informing us we can carryout,” the rapartist stated in a video she published Saturday.
Arena management stated they hoped to have a Sunday night program to make up for the Friday night efficiency.
The issues started Friday earlymorning where 3 big water mains intersect simply west of downtown. Department of Watershed Management Commissioner Al Wiggins Jr. stated at a Saturday news conference that at least some of the pipelines that burst were old and wornaway. With pipelines coming together in a restricted location, it was a tight capture to make repairwork, with just one work