A water emergency entered its second day today in Blue Ridge where a power outage at the water treatment plant left the town without water yesterday.
In their latest update of the situation, city officials said on Facebook last night that the northeast Georgia town's water tanks were being refilled and bottled water was being distributed at city hall and Fannin County Fire Station #1.
A "boil water advisory" is in effect until further notice.
In an earlier Facebook posting Saturday, officials said "Due to the interruption of power to parts of our water treatment plant, parts of our water system may or may not have dropped to below minimum levels. In the interest of public health we are issuing a precautionary boil water advisory for all City of Blue Ridge water customers. Customers may want to boil water for drinking and cooking prior to use. The water should be boiled for at least one minute after reaching a rolling boil. We will notify customers when the precautionary advisory has been lifted."
The city is encouraging its customers to conserve water and no non-essential water usage "at least throughout the weekend in order to give us time to build the levels back up in the tanks."
