HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A boil water order has been issued for the entire city of Hallandale Beach because of a pipe that burst at the water treatment plant.
The break occurred at the water plant at 630 NW 2nd St. on Wednesday.
The water returned to Urban Thai & Sushi hours after the break.
“We came here to set up the restaurant, and we noticed that the water was out like around 11,” restaurant employee Obi Kaewmak said.
The pipe burst caused a significant drop in water pressure citywide, leaving businesses near the water plant with a dry spell.
“The faucets weren’t running, and then I looked outside and saw all the streets covered with water and figured, ‘Oh, OK, these guys must’ve hit a pipe,'” Sebastian Baca, an employee for a business across the street from the water plant, said.
“There’s no water,” Franky Terazon, another worker from a nearby business, said. “We gotta bathe or shower, and there’s no water, but it’s not only us, it’s everybody.”
Salvador García was outside when he saw the pipe burst.
“I be coming outside in the morning, I see the water’s coming out that way,” García said.
Alyssa Jones Wood, coordinator for Green Initiatives, said the pipe broke as a result of a construction error.
“We were doing some construction with our water main, and the pipe burst, essentially,” Wood said. “We have kind of stopped that pipe, brought interconnected water from North Miami Beach. We’re doing excavations to see if there are any other cracks in the pipe and to resolve those as quickly as possible.”
The City of Hallandale Beach managed to open a connecting pipe from North Miami Beach, allowing them to restore water pressure but not the water quality.
“It’s still yellow-orange. Even through my filter it’s yellow-orange. I’m gonna have to go buy water,” Joanne Bonet, a resident of Hallandale Beach, said.
Crews repaired the pipe at around 2:30 a.m., Thursday but Hallandale Beach residents remain under orders to boil their water for the next two days.
Update: Repair was completed at 2:20 am, and the Water Plant has been operational since 3:17 am. Staff is now collecting water samples for analysis. Boil water notice is still in effect until further notice. #HBHere4U pic.twitter.com/o7sI817GYV
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“Flush your water for several minutes before you put your water in a pot to be boiled,” Wood said. “That would remove any sediment, and make sure that it’s the good water you’re boiling instead stuff with sediment in it.”
The city will be taking samples from 50 different locations and wait to get two consecutive days of negative results before lifting the boil water advisory.
The city will advise residents when the notice is lifted through their website, on social media as well as with a robocall.
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