NEW JERSEY WATER MAIN BREAK NEAR NEWARK COULD LEAVE CITY WITHOUT WATER
Bhalla said Tuesday evening that water pressure should gradually return in the coming hours. Veolia, the company that provides city water, said crews were reopening valves to stabilize water pressure throughout the city.
A water main break has left the utility largely unavailable to residents of Hoboken, New Jersey.
The problems in Hoboken began around noon Monday, when a construction crew accidentally struck a water main. Veolia said the force of the rupture penetrated two mains or an interconnection of mains, and it isolated one 16-inch main but was working to isolate the other one.
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Veolia said it was safe to drink the water and didn't issue a boil water advisory. But related problems prompted the city to issue a state of emergency and close public schools and municipal offices. Hoboken University Medical Center started evacuating some patients Tuesday because of the lack of water.
City officials set up water stations and placed portable toilets across Hoboken.