ATLANTA (AP) — Downtown Atlanta companies and points of interest have been closed Saturday as town tried to restore water main breaks that led to water outages and low strain.
Water gushed into the road the place three massive water mains intersect, inflicting water issues at two downtown hospitals, a metropolis jail, a county jail and native shelters, the Atlanta Division of Watershed Administration stated in a information launch Friday evening.
Some points of interest and companies, together with the Georgia Aquarium, remained closed Saturday.
“The town-wide water situation remains to be affecting the Aquarium and lots of others within the space. This isn’t affecting our animals, however it’s affecting our visitor areas like restrooms,” the aquarium posted on X.
The issues started Friday morning and crews have been nonetheless working Saturday to revive service. The division issued a boil water advisory for a big swath of metro Atlanta and requested the general public to limit water utilization to permit the strain within the system to rebuild.
“The whole Metropolis Authorities is mobilized to deal with this situation,” the water division stated. It promised updates on its web site and on social media, however the website was down Saturday morning and there have been no social media updates since Friday evening. The division’s communication’s workplace didn’t reply a cellphone name, nor instantly reply to an electronic mail looking for updates Saturday morning.
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s live performance was moved from Friday to Sunday. She was additionally scheduled to carry out on the State Farm Enviornment on Saturday. That efficiency was schedule to go on as of Saturday morning.
“I’m extraordinarily dissatisfied as a result of I had an enormous shock for the Hotties tonight, however we’ll comply with the Mayor’s protocol,” she posted on X. “Praying for the individuals who misplaced entry to water attributable to this case.”
