Water customers asked to conserve after break in 6-foot Greenville, SC, water main, officials say - WYFF4 Greenville

South Carolina: Water customers asked to conserve after main break

Water customers asked to conserve after break in 6-foot Greenville, SC, water main, officials say

A South Carolina water department has issued an alert to hundreds of thousands of customers to conserve water after a 6-foot main break.

Officials with Greenville Water said the break happened Friday on a 72-inch transmission main near our Adkins Water Treatment facility.

Jeffrey Phillips, Chief Operations Officer with Greenville Water said the conservation notice was brought on after this weekend’s Pickens County outage in Six Mile. Greenville Water supplies water to that area, Phillips said.

Here is the latest information on that outage.

On Monday, Ware Shoals reported a separate water main break in that Upstate town. Check the latest on those repairs here.

Phillips said crews are working around the clock to repair the Six Mile break.

He said he hopes the repairs are completed by tomorrow morning.

There are no water quality concerns from this break, but it has caused Greenville Water to experience a reduced water capacity, according to officials.

Phillips said the break combined with more businesses opening for the week, warmer weather and dry conditions led to the request to conserve.

“We’re asking all of our customers, ‘Please don’t water your lawns,’” Phillips said over the phone.

He said Greenville Water serves about 500,000 customers, and everyone’s help in conserving water until repairs are made to the Six Mile water main is necessary.

"We are asking all of our customers to VOLUNTARILY reduce their water use by taking extra measures to minimize unnecessary water consumption and high-volume water uses until further notice," officials said in a release.

The release goes on to say:

"All Greenville Water customers are urged, whenever possible, to defer activities which may use large amounts of water including irrigation systems, water features, watering lawns, and washing vehicles until this conservation notice is lifted.

"We will announce the end of this water conservation notice as soon as we have restored our water transmission and storage to normal levels. We anticipate that this should be within the next 72 hours.

"With customer cooperation and conservative water use over the next few days there should be ample supply of water for normal household use during this period."