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South Carolina: Boil water advisory in Spartanburg

Boil water advisory issued for parts of Spartanburg, South Carolina

Updated: 6:38 PM EST Dec 1, 2023

WHO’S THIS GUY? THE SANTA CLAUS. AND SANTA CLAUS IS WITH GEORGE. GEORGE IS THE MAYOR’S FOR YEAR OLD GRANDSON, GEORGE. GEORGE, ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT CHRISTMAS? YES. WHO’S HOLDING YOU? SANTA? MR. MAYOR, THIS IS THE FOOD TRUCKS WERE CANCELED. THE MUSIC WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF IT. BUT NOTHING CAN CANCEL CHRISTMAS AND NOTHING CAN CANCEL THE MAGIC OF THE NIGHT OF LIGHTS. AND PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR THE OCCASION THAT SUPPOSEDLY WAS CANCELED. AND HERE, EVERYBODY, HERE IS TONIGHT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FOR THIS KICKOFF. IT’S WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. ARE Y’ALL READY? WE’VE GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL 30 FOOT TALL, PRETTY NEW CHRISTMAS TREE, MORE LIGHTS THAN EVER, MORE THAN 65,000 LIGHTS. WE’RE READY FOR CHRISTMAS. WE’RE READY. THIS THIS IS THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH, ALL RIGHT. AND ALL THE BETTER FOR NEXT WEEK’S CHRISTMAS PARADE. EXACTLY RIGHT. PERFECT WEATHER FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, COUNT US DOWN. WE’RE GOING TO COUNT UP WITH FOUR. READY, EVERYBODY. FOUR, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, ONE. MERRY CHRISTMAS, MISS EVERYBODY. MERRY CHRISTMAS. OH, HO HO, HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE ON SANTA’S LAP. AND JUST KEEP BEING GOOD, BECAUSE REMEMBER, I’M WATCHING. OH, HO HO, HO, HO. MERRY CHRISTMAS, GEORGE. OH, MERRY CHRISTMAS. MERRY CHRISTMAS. IT IS SO NICE THAT PEOPLE SHOWED UP, EVEN THOUGH. YEAH, IT WAS CANCELED. EXACTLY. AND SANTA HAD A LITTLE ACCENT THERE. HE DID. HE SOUNDED SOUTHERN. SOUTHERN SANTA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JANE. THE MAYOR AND SANTA. WELL, AND BECAUSE OF THE RAIN THIS WEEKEND, GREENVILLE’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND THE PARADE IS NOW SATURDAY AFTER NEXT DECEMBER 9TH IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. OUR CREW FROM WYFF NEWS FOUR WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN THE PARADE. IF YOU WOULD RATHER STAY INSIDE AND BUNDLE UP, YOU CAN ALSO STREAM THE PARADE ON VERY LOCAL. YOU CAN SCAN THIS QR CODE TO DOWNLOAD THE VERY LOCAL APP TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE. YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE APP FOR FREE ON ROKU, AMAZON, FIRE, ANDROID AND APPLE TV. YOU CAN SEE A FULL LIST OF PARADE DATES, TIMES AND LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UPSTATE ON OUR WEBSITE. JUST HEAD OVER TO WYFF4.COM OR VISIT OUR MOBILE APP IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. A BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT AFTER A WATER MAIN BREAK THIS MORNING. CITY WATER OFFICIALS SAY THE COLD AND FLUCTUATING WEATHER COULD BE A CAUSE FOR FOR WHAT HAPPENED AND THE COMPRESSION AND THE EXPANSION AS WELL. THE 14 FOOT WATER MAIN, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN FIXED, WAS REPORTED BROKEN AROUND FIVE THIS MORNING AS YOU JUST SAW, WATER WAS FLOWING THROUGH PARTS OF DOWNTOWN SPARTANBURG. THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS FOR PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ALONG EAST MAIN STREET, LIBERTY STREET AND EAST SAINT JOHN. OUR CREWS EVERY DAY ARE OUT HERE. WE HAVE MORE THAN 1300 MILES OF WATER LINE IN OUR SERVICE AREA. SO THEY’RE OUT HERE ENSURING THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEW INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IS, YOU KNOW, IS FUNCTIONING. SEVERAL BUSINESSES WERE IMPACTED BY THIS, INCLUDING SPILLED THE BEANS, COFFEE, WHICH CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE DAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION

Boil water advisory issued for parts of Spartanburg, South Carolina

Updated: 6:38 PM EST Dec 1, 2023

Following a 14-inch waterline break, customers in the downtown area of Spartanburg along Liberty Street, from E. Main Street to E. Saint John Street, are under a boil water advisory until further notice. Customers impacted will have experienced an interruption to water service or a reduction in normal water pressures. There has been no confirmed contamination of the water system in this area, according to Spartanburg Water. However, as a precautionary measure until test results can be reviewed, customers are advised to boil water intended for drinking or cooking vigorously for at least one full minute, and then cool the water as needed prior to use. Also, any ice made during the period of this advisory from water that has not been boiled should not be used for drinking purposes.This advisory will remain in effect until further notice, and the Spartanburg Water team is working to ensure that this advisory can be lifted as quickly as possible. We will notify our customers once water quality sampling results have been received from our SCDHEC-certified laboratory, and the boil water advisory is repealed.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. —

Following a 14-inch waterline break, customers in the downtown area of Spartanburg along Liberty Street, from E. Main Street to E. Saint John Street, are under a boil water advisory until further notice.

Customers impacted will have experienced an interruption to water service or a reduction in normal water pressures.

There has been no confirmed contamination of the water system in this area, according to Spartanburg Water. However, as a precautionary measure until test results can be reviewed, customers are advised to boil water intended for drinking or cooking vigorously for at least one full minute, and then cool the water as needed prior to use.

Also, any ice made during the period of this advisory from water that has not been boiled should not be used for drinking purposes.

This advisory will remain in effect until further notice, and the Spartanburg Water team is working to ensure that this advisory can be lifted as quickly as possible.

We will notify our customers once water quality sampling results have been received from our SCDHEC-certified laboratory, and the boil water advisory is repealed.