Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority issues precautionary boil advisory for several neighborhoods
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Several Pittsburgh neighborhoods are currently under a precautionary boil water advisory following an early-morning power outage that impacted a pump station.
The outage caused low and no water pressure in Bloomfield, East Liberty, Friendship, Garfield, Highland Park, Homewood North, Morningside, North Point Breeze, Point Breeze, Shadyside, South Oakland, and Swisshelm Park.
Water pressure was restored around 5 a.m. but due to the pressure loss, there is a chance that contaminants can enter the water. More than 6,000 homes are impacted by the precautionary boil notice.
The PWSA will be conducting testing to ensure the water is safe to consume.
Mark Taylor lives in the North Point Breeze neighborhood and woke up to no water Sunday morning.
"Finally the water came back around 5 in the morning I think, but it was coming out -- it was rusty and nasty looking. It was clear we shouldn't utilize it," Taylor said.
You can see a full list of water buffaloes below as well as see if you're in the impacted area on their website's searchable map.
- Bloomfield: 477 S. Atlantic Avenue
- Highland Park: N. Negley Avenue at Bryant Street
- Morningside: Morningside Avenue at Duffield Street
- North Point Breeze: N. Lang Avenue at Park Lane Drive
- Shadyside: Howe Street at College Street
- South Oakland: Dawson Street at Holmes Place
- Swisshelm Park: Onondago Street, near Swisshelm Playground
"We really want to restore service quickly, efficiently and we want people to be safe in the process," said Rebecca Zito, the senior manager of public affairs for PWSA. "We realize it's a huge inconvenience. Nobody likes to have to do this but we do appreciate everyone working with us."
The PWSA said it takes about 48 hours and they'll notify everyone once the water is safe. They hope to lift the advisory on Tuesday.