CFPUA work will repair water valves as part of its Valve Replacement Program,
refurbish water main to increase its lifespan at a significant cost savings
WEDNESDAY, Outage and PBWA to cover the following: 300-600 blks. of 4th St., 100-300 blks. of Castle St., 320 Nun Street,
320 & 402 Church St., 523 3rd St., and 601 Front St.
THURSDAY, Outage and PBWA to cover the following: 600-800 blks. of 4th St., 600 blk., 701 & 704 5th St.,
All of Fallows Alley, and 500 blk., 318 Queen St.
Outages to take place from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m.;
Precautionary Boil Water Advisories follow outages
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Mike McGill
(910) 332-6704
After Hours: (910) 622-8472
mike.mcgill@cfpua.org
WILMINGTON, NC, January 30, 2017: This week, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) will conduct planned service outages and will issue precautionary boil water advisories (PBWA) for two separate parts of downtown Wilmington. Crews will repair several water valves in the areas as part of CFPUA’s valve replacement program and will refurbish a water main under 4th Street at a significant cost savings. As a result of the efforts, two service outages will be required, one each for the addresses listed above, between 9 a.m. and approximately 5 p.m. on the days listed. The outages are expected to affect approximately 100 customers each.
Precautionary boil water advisories are issued after outages are over because periods of low or no pressure increase the potential for the introduction of bacteria into the water system. CFPUA customers in the above described area will be asked to boil their water for one minute then allow it to cool prior to consumption or utilize another water source such as bottled water. Consumption includes drinking, brushing teeth, making ice, food preparation, pet consumption, fruit and vegetable washing, and the preparation of baby formula. Customers do NOT need to boil water prior to using it for showering or bathing.
CFPUA is asking the media for assistance with getting out the word because of the number of addresses affected. The Precautionary Boil Water Advisories shall be in effect until water quality testing has occurred and services have returned to normal, typically within 24 hours. The lifting of the advisories will occur in one or more of the following ways: hand-delivered announcement, a post on www.cfpua.org, a recorded phone message at 332-6500, a phone notification from New Hanover County’s emergency alert system, and/or a press release to area media outlets.
Precautionary boil water advisories are public health announcements. When issued, the public should assume there is an elevated risk of their water being unsafe to drink. Advisories can be issued after: incidents that compromise the distribution system (ex. water main break); failure of/substantial interruption in water treatment processes that result in increased turbidity levels or particle counts; mechanical or equipment failure; violations of the total coliform rule or the turbidity standard of the surface water treatment rule; or a natural disaster. www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking.
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Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) was formed by the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County to combine their water and sewer operations. It began operations on July 1, 2008. Today, the Authority serves more than 67,000 water customer accounts and more than 65,000 wastewater customer accounts. It oversees more than 1,000 miles of water distribution mains and nearly 1,000 miles of sewer mains. For more information, visit www.cfpua.org or contact CFPUA’s Communications staff at communications@cfpua.org.