MLGW says it’s working to fix water outages, low pressure - WREG NewsChannel 3

UPDATE, NOON MONDAY: MLGW CEO Doug McGowen said the inferior has addressed 22 h2o main breaks that are causing debased h2o unit crossed the city, and crews are moving to hole more.

They person besides turned disconnected 177 leaks since Sunday night, though determination are much than 100 that inactive request to beryllium fixed. Crews are moving successful single-digit temperatures, McGown said.

Once those leaks successful the strategy are addressed, h2o unit should emergence to mean levels. A precautionary boil h2o advisory remains successful effect for astir of Shelby County.

Power has been restored from this weekend’s rolling blackouts, helium said. The Tennessee Valley Authority powerfulness grid is present stable.

UPDATE 8:30 A.M. MONDAY: Germantown, Bartlett, Collierville and Millington are excluded from the boil h2o advisory, according to MLGW.

UPDATE 6:00 P.M.: MLGW president, Doug McGowen, issued the pursuing connection regarding caller h2o outages.

“We person identified a ample fig of commercialized businesses with occurrence extortion strategy leaks oregon breaks – 15 truthful acold today.

Finally, our wells and pumping stations importantly accrued unit for astir of the time today, pushing retired astir doubly the mean measurement of h2o arsenic a impermanent measurement to get immoderate h2o done to our customers portion we were fixing the main breaks successful our system, and securing h2o for customers with precise ample leaks. This evening we volition person to standard backmost that accrued measurement and unit to refill our reservoirs overnight.”

MLGW says it volition instrumentality different time oregon 2 for them to close each of these issues.

UPDATE: MLGW says they request assistance moving to reconstruct debased pressure/water outages.

They impulse you to telephone their 24-hour Emergency number, 528-4465, if you spot h2o coming retired of the crushed oregon moving retired of homes oregon businesses.

MLGW says they volition not beryllium capable to summation unit oregon clasp h2o work until they get these leaks nether control.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — MLGW has released a connection regarding caller h2o outages passim the city.

On Saturday, MLGW issued a boil h2o advisory for Southeast and North Shelby County aft they experienced debased h2o unit and h2o outages.

According to MLGW, a increasing fig of h2o main breaks caused debased h2o unit successful different areas.

In a statement, MLGW said that they are taking the pursuing actions:

1. We person accrued output astatine our pumping stations to effort and physique and support pressure.
2. Crews are repairing known h2o main breaks. At present, determination are 5 known main breaks.
3. Other crews are moving to observe breaks successful h2o mains oregon on the organisation system.
4. Asking commercialized spot owners of unoccupied spot to cheque their spot for leaks.

MLGW stated that they bash not person an estimated clip of restoration for debased h2o unit oregon to reconstruct each outage.

As they repair mains and place different leaks, they volition supply an update with restoration
times.

MLGW inactive advises customers successful those areas to instrumentality precaution with their water.

This means customers should not portion h2o without archetypal boiling it for 3 minutes, should chopped backmost connected their h2o usage and usage bottled h2o for brushing teeth, washing dishes oregon preparing food.