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1/17/2025
WT Staff
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January 17, 2025 1047 am EST
Dekalb water main break repaired, road reopened, BWA remains in force until further notice
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
DeKalb County: A significant area of Dekalb County remains under a boil water advisory following a water main break on Clairmont Road causing a road closure from Bragg Street to Dresden Drive, causing businesses to close their doors. Clairmont Rd has reopened this morning, according to an announcement from Dekalb County.
Dekalb Watershed Management announced via X that repairs to the water main at 3661 Clairmont Rd have been completed, with the precautionary BWA in force until lab testing confirms potability. Residents impacted by the service disruption and low water pressure are advised to run faucets inside & outside homes/business to clear stagnant water from the lines before taking water for boiling. Be sure the water boils at least one minute, including water intended for drinking, for food preparation, making ice or personal hygiene. Bottled water is available at Fire Stations 1, 3, 7, 9 & 20 and RaceTrac at 3630 Clairmont Rd, see location details below.
See a map of the BWA impacted area, here.
Bottled water is still available at the following distribution centers:
- Fire Station 1 – 1670 Clifton Rd.
- Fire Station 3 – 24 N. Clarendon Ave.
- Fire Station 7 – 1712 Columbia Dr.
- Fire Station 9 – 3858 N. Druid Hills Rd.
- Fire Station 20 – 2919 Warren Rd.
- RaceTrac – 3630 Clairmont Rd.
Dekalb County Water serves 743,000 customers from a raw water intake on the Chattahoochee River, alternate supply is purchased from Gwinnett County and Atlanta in the Chattahoochee River watershed. Customers connected to Atlanta water system are not impacted by this event.
Walker County: Some LaFayette residences and businesses are under BWA for turbidity, high particulate matter suspended in the tap water coming from one of two water treatment plants serving the community. The Lee School Road water treatment plant was the subject of a previous BWA announcement earlier this month. Rate payers connected to the Lee School Road treatment plant are advised to vigorously boil their drinking and hygiene water for at least one minute, to sanitize any microbiological contamination carried along on the suspended particulates. The area impacted by the order includes those east of Highway 27 bypass, South of 136 East, including the Naomi community, Highway 151, Corinth area, Hillcrest community, Walnut grove area, Old Trion Highway.
Lafayette provides drinking water to 18177 residential customers from a surface water source, purchased from another licensed drinking water facility in the Coosa River watershed. The Lee School Road water treatment plant is one of two water treatment plants serving Lafayette area.
Chatham County: Savannah issued a BWA after line repairs made near DeRenne Ave and Reynolds St on Sunday. This precautionary BWA applied to customers connecting south of DeRenne Avenue between Habersham and Paulsen Streets. Savannah Main water district serves 169 thousand customers from a groundwater source.
EPA has released new quarterly report on drinking water facilities compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. Updates are in progress, more to follow. See the prior quarterly report, how Georgia's drinking water facilities stack up against those in Ohio, New York, Louisiana and California, here.
Streamflow Situation from the network of river monitors of the USGS throughout the watersheds of Georgia
Water levels Friday run an even mix of below normal and seasonal normal ratings statewide. The drought map has taken on area in the northern ranges, Tennessee River watershed east and west sections near the north state line are rated below normal, including Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Fannin, Union and Towns Counties. Also on the Gulf of Mexico basin side of the divide, lower Flint River watershed remains below normal on the drought map from Early County through Miller and Seminole Counties. Over the divide to the Atlantic basin, St. Mary's River watershed is still counted below normal, impacting Charlton County. Drought ratings come from the 7-day average streamflows below the historic average for this time of year. No flooding or high flows or first percentile low flows are recorded at this time, an extreme low flow is again registering in Tobesofkee Creek near Macon, downstream of Tobesofkee Dam, an uncontrolled spillway.
It is 44 degrees at Warner Robins Air Force Base, another sunny day at a high of 61 degrees. The inversion effect prompting a high fire danger statement yesterday has resolved, the low relative humidity, higher temp, dry fuel and high wind conditions were the cause for the NWS fire danger warning, since cancelled. It is fair and 51 in the south, according to NWS Charleston, the outlook is sunny and 61 degrees, the weather monitored at Hunter US Army Airfield near Savannah.
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