A broken 16-inch water main near Lakeside Thursday night left many Padre Dam Municipal Water District customers without water service for a few hours — and even though the water came back on, customers are asked to boil it before ingesting it.
The break — causing a sinkhole in Cordial Road, on the south side of Interstate 8, about 7 p.m. Thursday — left about 180 Padre Dam customers dry once the water was shut off, about 8:30 p.m.
Water was back on by 11:30 p.m., district spokeswoman Melissa McChesney said Friday.
The water is flowing again, but, McChesney said, the district has issued an advisory telling affected customers to boil the tap water before ingesting it or use bottled water for at least 24 hours, and possibly up to 72 hours.
Failure to heed the advisory “could result in stomach or intestinal illness,” the district said in the online notice.
When officials lift the boil-water advisory, the district will post notice on the Padre Dam website.
Overnight, crews worked with heavy equipment to dig a trench and remove the broken pipe section. The department is looking to determine what caused the pipe failure.
The water district’s webpage said service was out to residents along Hawick Terrace, Hawick Drive, Marbrook Way, Braeswood Terrace, Stoneybrook Lane, East County Drive, Brown Croft Way, Heath Cliff Court, Piping Rock Lane, Briar Glen Court, Camino Canada, and Los Coches Road.
