Some Atlanta residents say they have been without water for 6 days

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Atlanta residents are watching and waiting for a boil water notice to be lifted after a series of water main breaks that began on May 31.

Crews completed repairs in Midtown on Wednesday, at the intersection of West Peachtree and 11th Street.

Officials say the boil water advisory is still in effect, but service has been restored.

However, some residents still claim their taps are dry.

The Atlanta Fire Department was a welcome sight for those people Wednesday night in Mechanicsville.

They drove a red van filled with cases of water and delivered it directly to them.

One resident, who lives at the City Views Apartments on Richardson St. SW, showed Atlanta News First video of the sink faucet and shower in his bathroom.

Despite rotating the handles, not a drop of water comes out.

“Since Friday we have had no water,” said Janet Johnson, who also lives in the complex. She said service had not been restored to floors seven and above of the building.

“I went to BP and bought a case of water for $16, which I can’t afford anymore,” she said. “The water case helps, but it doesn’t help completely. You have to bathe. You have to cook. You have to do everything with water.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said at a news conference Wednesday that lessons had been learned from the nearly week-long ordeal.

“We won’t learn it again,” he said. “We have it now.”

The city also announced the arrival of help from FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as new AI monitors on water valves to detect any problems before they get out of control.

In the meantime, residents are still waiting to be able to find clean drinking water in their homes.

The city of Atlanta says it is waiting for water sample test results to come back clean. The earliest it could happen is Thursday at 2 a.m.

Atlanta News First reached out to the mayor’s office to ask what some people were experiencing on Richardson Street SW. They said someone from Atlanta Watershed Management would be dispatched that night to investigate the matter. The mayor’s office also reminds people that it may take time for water pressure to build up, especially on upper floors.

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