The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, after consulting with the Louisiana Department of Health, has canceled the precautionary boil water advisory for residents and businesses in the Lower 9th Ward and New Orleans East after bacteriological tests confirmed that water in the area was safe to drink and could be used for personal needs.
Customers who have not used their water supply during this precautionary boil water advisory are advised to flush their internal and external plumbing by running water through their system for several minutes.
Water samples from across the Lower 9th Ward and New Orleans East area have tested negative for contamination.
This latest advisory was issued on October 3, 2019 when water pressure levels dropped below 20 psi due to planned repairs to several sites in the water distribution system that were underway that evening. SWBNO crews were closing valves to limit water to those areas, so the work could begin, when SWBNO pressure gauges detected widespread water pressure drops throughout New Orleans. In response, those crews reopened several closed valves and the water towers in Carrollton and released water in an attempt to slow the pressure drop.
