Crews with the Bossier City Utilities Department are working to repair a value that broke last night on a 16 inch water main at the intersection of Benton Road and Benoist Circle in north Bossier City. As a result residents in Northland Estates (on Benoist Circle) are without water. The repair has also caused a drop in water pressure for residents and businesses on either side of Benton Road from Benoist Circle to Lafitte Lane in the parish. The repairs are expected to be complete and water service restored to Northland Estates within a few hours.

As with any major water main issue in which water pressure drops below a certain level, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has requested, as a precautionary measure, that residents and businesses in these affected areas voluntarily boil their water before consuming it until the health department can test the water. The affected residents are advised to boil water for one full minute in a clean container. The one minute starts after the water has been brought to a rolling boil.

A health department representative tells the Utilities Department a water sample may be taken as early as tomorrow but results may not be known until Monday. The city will notify the media of the results via news release and when the boil advisory is lifted. The advisory pertains only to water used for consumption.

Again the health department advisory is only a precautionary measure. This is a boil advisory, not a boil order.

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