HAMLET — An overnight precautionary boil water advisory was lifted just before 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
According to City Manager John Terziu, the Public Works Department was notified of a water line issue around 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
“Crews exposed the line by 6 p.m. and worked under system pressure in an effort to complete repairs without interruption,” reads a press release.
A decision was reportedly made around midnight to “temporarily isolate the system by closing tank valves to safely reduce pressure to complete the repair.”
The damaged line was repaired around 12:45 a.m. and the tank valves were reopened over the next 15 minutes, according to Terziu. That’s when the advisory was issued.
“System pressure never dropped below 59 psi at any point during the incident,” reads the release. “The boil water notice was issued purely as a precautionary public health measure and was maintained while normal lab testing was completed and all results were clear.”
Service has been restored and the system “is operating normally.”
“We took a precautionary approach out of an abundance of caution, and normal lab testing confirmed the system remained safe throughout the repair,” Terziu said. “Public health and safety will always guide our decisions.”
