It is impacting practically 8,800 households and 20,000 residents within the Toco Hills space and close by neighborhoods, in keeping with county officers.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Emory’s Atlanta campus, together with 1000’s of DeKalb County residents, are impacted by a major water major break.
DeKalb County Division of Watershed Administration crews have been working to repair a 30-inch water major on Clairmont Street — which is now impacting practically 8,800 households and 20,000 residents within the Toco Hills space and close by neighborhoods, in keeping with county officers.
The stretch of Clairmont Street that has been closed in the course of the restore is between Bragg Road and Dresden Drive. This borders Chamblee and Brookhaven in DeKalb County. Based on county officers, the break was brought on by the age of the pipe, which was put in in 1941.
Brookhaven Police first warned drivers Monday evening that there was a highway closure on Clairmont between Mannville and Dresden Drive, including that the water major break had broken the highway. On Tuesday, the Metropolis of Chamblee shared updates on the X platform and pictures of the harm. There is a gap and cracked asphalt with warning cones surrounding the realm.
Beneath is a top level view of the impacts as of Tuesday evening.
Service disruptions
Some residents within the space are experiencing little to no water strain. Whereas repairs happen, DeKalb officers mentioned some residents in North Central DeKalb might quickly lose water service.
“That is vital to empty the water tank and entry the broken pipe for repairs,” the county mentioned in a information launch.
In a press release posted on Emory College’s web site, it mentioned that whereas crews work on the restore, there’s been a drop in water strain.
“…And we anticipate there’ll quickly be no operating water. We anticipate that this outage might final for a number of hours,” the college shared.
DeKalb residents experiencing low to no water strain can contact the DeKalb County Watershed Division at dekalbwaterops@dekalbcountyga.gov or 770-270-6243.
Within the meantime, residents are inspired to preserve water utilization till the difficulty is absolutely resolved. A precautionary boil water advisory might also be issued.
“Residents ought to be ready to boil water supposed for consumption till additional discover,” county officers mentioned.
Timeline for restore
County officers mentioned the restore itself might take lower than two hours. Nevertheless, extra time could also be wanted to refill the water tank and for issues to return to normalcy.
Earlier within the day, Chamblee officers shared it might take a few days earlier than the highway is again open within the space the place the repairs are happening.
Bottled water distribution
DeKalb County is establishing water distribution facilities for residents impacted by the damaged water major. Officers mentioned the distribution facilities ought to have bottled water out there by 10 p.m. Beneath is the record.
- Fireplace Station 1 – 1670 Clifton Rd.
- Fireplace Station 3 – 24 N. Clarendon Ave.
- Fireplace Station 7 – 1712 Columbia Dr.
- Fireplace Station 9 – 3858 N. Druid Hills Rd.
- Fireplace Station 20 – 2919 Warren Rd.
- RaceTrac – 3630 Clairmont Rd.
As for Emory, it plans to make ingesting water out there for college kids and others on campus.
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