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Description
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2022/december/boil-water-advisory-/
Water service remains shut down in the area around Second Street North, east to the Mississippi River between Lowry and 24th avenues while the water main is being repaired. The City will provide an estimate of the outage duration once the break is further evaluated.
A
In
the
city
since
1888,
when
the
pressure
fluctuations
occur
in
the
distribution
system,
there
sometimes
can
be
unforeseen
defects
and
minor
weaknesses
in
a
pipe,
and
that
can
give
way.
After
all,
these
years
in
service,
we
are
evaluating
a
number
of
things
about
what
happened
with
the
pipe
and
that
resulted
in
this
major
break.
I
just
want
to
point
out
on
the
map.
A
A
The
pictures
that
we
have
up
here
show
what
this
looked
like
this
morning.
I
will
tell
you
when
we
were
doing
our
situational
updates.
Last
night,
there
were
about
class
one
Rapids
going
down
the
street
down
towards
Pacific
Street,
and
so
this
looked
quite
different
this
morning,
the
picture
right
behind
me
actually
shows
the
break
in
this
16
inch
cast
iron
pipe
and
the
crews
are
have
been
able
to
drain
the
water.
These
are
just
they're
taking
the
water
out
of
there.
This
is
a
storm
water
pipe
that
broke
so
to
be
aware
of
that.
A
But
this
is
the
actual
water
delivery
cast
iron
pipe
and
they
have
taken
the
water
out
of
the
hole
and
then
they
will
begin
the
repair
and
Annika
can
talk
more
about
that
repair
process,
but
we
do
expect
the
repair
to
be
able
to
be
done
in
a
fairly
short
order.
Last
night,
some
areas
of
downtown
also
lost
some
water
pressure,
so
there
were
concerns
about
that.
That
has
all
been
regained
in
a
fairly
short
period
of
time.
A
All
water
pressures
were
back
to
normal
in
downtown
in
a
short
order,
sometime
probably
between
the
10
and
11
o'clock,
maybe
midnight
hour,
and
then
the
other
thing
that
we
want
to
point
out
is
that,
when
a
break
like
this
happens,
there
is
sediment,
that's
in
those
pipes
and
so
usually
iron
sediment
and
the
the
action
of
the
break
and
then
where
the
water
goes.
Next,
it
releases
that
so
some
people
in
the
city
may
be
experiencing
brown,
Water,
rust,
colored,
water,
yellow
water
and
that
water
is
still
safe.
A
It's
just
got
mineral
deposits
in
it
and
what
we
urge
people
to
do
is
to
check
the
the
faucet
they
have
at
the
lowest
level
in
their
home
or
business
and
wait
till
it
starts
to
run
more
clear,
then
open
all
cold
water
faucets
to
let
it
run
clear
for
a
few
minutes
to
be
able
to
clear
that
out
of
the
system
like
I
said.
The
one
of
the
main
concerns
here
is
when
we
have
such
a
break
in
the
system.
A
B
B
So
the
reason
for
the
boil
water
notice
is
when
pressures
in
water,
Distribution
Systems
are
substantially
lowered.
The
potential
exists
for
contamination
to
possibly
enter
the
distribution
system.
The
standard
in
the
drinking
water
industry
is
that,
if
pressures
in
the
system
fall
below
20
pounds
per
square
inch
or
20
psi,
a
boil
advisory
is
issued
out
of
abundance
of
caution
in
response
to
this
potential
contamination.
B
There's
no
evidence
at
this
time
that
contamination
has
entered
our
distribution
system
and
we
are
currently
testing
the
samples
collected
in
the
area
to
confirm
that,
as
director
Kelleher
noted,
the
other
areas
of
the
city
did
experience.
It's
a
drop
in
pressure,
but
only
the
area
where
the
boil
water
notice
was
issued
on
third
and
fourth
streets
fell
below
that
20
pounds
per
square
inch.
We
were
able
to
determine
this
by
running
our
detailed
hydraulic
model
of
the
water
main
break
and
conservatively
estimating,
where
those
pressures
fell
below
that
threshold.
B
And
that
are
on
the
kind
of
the
opposite
side
of
Interstate
94
is:
there
is
a
pump
station
that
serves
what
we
call
a
high
service
area
to
the
west
of
the
system
when
this
water
main
break
occurred,
basically,
rather
than
water
being
available
to
feed
that
pump
station
coming
from
this
area.
This
the
area
to
the
south
of
that
pump
station
basically
supplied
the
water
and
that
Drew
down
the
pressures
in
that
particular
area.
B
So
that
is
why
it's
that
isolated
area
of
the
distribution
system
that
are
under
the
boil
water
advisory
I
can
report
that
when
we
collected
our
water
samples
this
morning,
one
of
the
things
we
do
to
protect
the
distribution
system
is
we
maintain
disinfectant
residuals.
All
the
samples
collected
in
the
area
had
disinfectant
residuals
at
normal
levels.
C
A
The
one
other
thing
I
want
to
mention
about
this
is
it's
about
80
residences,
individual
family
homes
in
the
boil
water
area.
It
also
does
have
one
of
the
Minneapolis
public
housing
authorities
at
at
Hawthorne
Towers.
We
have
been
in
communication
with
the
public
housing
authority.
They
have
notified
all
their
residents
so
to
be
clear.
Residents
in
this
area
have
water
service.
It's
that
we
are
asking
them
to
boil
their
water
if
they're
going
to
use
it
for
cooking
or
drinking
or
bathing
no
bathing's,
Okay,
bathing's,
Okay,
cooking
or
drinking.
For
three
minutes.
A
We
have
also
set
up
at
farview
Park
for
folks
who
want
to
pick
up
some
bottled
water
if
that
is
easier
for
them
in
that
area,
and
so
that
distribution,
Point
working
with
our
Emergency
Management
Center,
as
well
as
working
with
the
Minneapolis
Park
in
Recreation
board,
has
been
established.
It
started
at
noon
today
and
will
run
until
8
pm
tonight
and
we
are
happy
to
do
that
because
in
some
cases
that
may
be
a
lot
easier
for
people.
So
I
think
that
we're
ready
to
go
to
questions.
B
Mic
right
now,
generally,
it's
the
business
Corridor
along
2nd
Street
North
from
Dowling
down
to
24th
Avenue
we're
working
on.
That's
what
we
need
to
do.
We
need
to
shut
the
valves
to
isolate
the
brake,
to
make
the
repair
we're
working
to
move
that
isolation
area
from
doweling
down
to
Lowry.
So
hopefully
we
can
get
that
section
to
the
north
restored
sooner.
A
And
and
I
just
I
want
to
add
one
more
thing:
these
pipes
are
the
Workhorse
of
the
system.
They
are
very
dependable
pipes,
these
cast
iron
pipes.
So
that's
why
we
need
to
do
a
little
more
investigation
about
pressures
and
other
things.
Generally.
They
hold
up
very
very
well
unless
something
happens
to
them,
which
we
have
had
incidents
like
that
in
the
past,
with
construction
and
other
things.
B
So
we
maintain
a
supply
of
piping
materials
once
we're
able
to
fully
get
the
whole
safe
or
the
excavation
safe
to
work
in
we're
hoping
we
can
get
the
pipe
put
in
and
buttoned
up
within,
probably
overnight
period
tonight.
However,
because
of
the
system
being
down,
we
need
to
back.
We
need
to
refill
the
system,
perform
disinfection
and
test
again,
so
it'll
be
at
least
a
day
after
we
get
the
system
backed
up
before
we
can
fully
restore
service.
B
D
B
So
there's
we
kind
of
characterize
our
system
as
two
types
of
pipes:
there's
transmission
pipes,
which
are
very
large.
You
can
think
of
those
as
sort
of
the
the
arteries
that
deliver
flow
throughout
the
system,
and
then
we
have
our
distribution
pipes
which
are
smaller
and
those
are
what
serve
our
residential
streets.
So
we've
found
we
have.
We
are
ramping
up.
We
call
cleaning
and
lining
to
address
those
distribution
system
pipes
to
get
those
cleaned
in
line
and
address
some
of
those
potential
for
the
rusty
water
that
we
talked
about
earlier.
B
Transmission
means
those
again
are
24
inches
and
larger.
Typically,
we
are
working
on
different
condition,
assessment
methods
to
evaluate
what
type
of
repair
or
even
Rehabilitation
is
necessary
again
as
Mark
as
director
Kelleher
noted
this.
These
are
workhorses
of
the
system,
so
you
can't
take
them
down
to
you
know,
perform
intrusive
inspections
and
things
like
that,
so
the
transmission
Mains
are.
B
B
Imagine
that
low
pressure
can
cause
contamination.
Can
you
go
into
more
detail
about
how
that
works
exactly
so
at
the
threshold
of
20
pounds
per
square
inch?
The
potential
concern
is
that
there
are
other
things,
maybe
like
groundwater
in
the
area,
that's
at
higher
elevations
and
that
difference
in
pressure
could
possibly
allow
things
like
that
groundwater
to
intrude
into
any
defects
in
the
pipe
again
based
on
the
elevations
in
the
area
and
the
Hydraulics
of
the
system.
E
B
B
A
B
The
cost
system
I
wouldn't
try
to
Hazard
that
at
this
point,
until
we
can
really
take
a
look
at
the
pipe
and
the
assessment
of
all
the
you
know,
we've
had
a
huge
support
from
all
of
Public
Works
on
the
cleanup
in
the
area
and
addressing
you
know
a
lot
of
the
water
and
the
ice
on
the
street,
so
that
full
incident
report
cost
was
something
we'll
be
we'll
be
compiling
and
the
the
two
different
breaks
are
unrelated.
The
what
you
know.
B
One
of
the
things
we
do
experience
in
cold
temperatures
is
that
is
that
Frost
depth
is
getting
lower.
We
do
generally
see
more
water
main
issues
in
cold
temperatures.
So
I
mean
again
that's
speculation
on
my
part
at
this
point,
but
given
the
the
timing,
we
wouldn't
expect
them
to
be
directly
related.
D
B
A
The
roadway
will
probably
be
more
of
a
temporary
fix.
We
there's
you
can
see
here
I'm
just
going
to
step
over
here.
You
can
see
the
street,
you
can
see,
we
lost
sidewalk,
we
lost
curb
and
gutter
with
where
we
are
in
the
season.
We're
going
to
be
doing
really
a
temporary
fix
out
there
and
then
be
going
back
in
with
the
more
reconstruction
to
the
area.