Monroe Hwy 165 North boil advisory is in effect after Thursday night’s water main repair

Update, Fri., Nov. 6: The precautionary boil notice is in effect for affected customers. The city announced Nov. 4 that an emergency repair on an 8-inch water main would start at 10 p.m. CST Thursday, Nov. 5, last several hours, and that a precautionary boil water notice would be issued for all affected customers and remain until required water quality testing is completed and the results are received. As of early Friday, monroela.us showed no lift, no “repair complete” notice and no newer water notice, and no lift was found in follow-up coverage from KNOE or KEDM. Keep boiling until the city lifts the notice.

The overnight repair window has passed. The city has not posted a separate Friday notice saying the work is finished, so this update does not claim a completion time. What is current is the boil instruction for the customers the city listed.

Who is affected

The city listed these areas for the repair and the boil notice:

• North Forsythe Bypass
• Highway 165 North at the Finks Hideaway intersection
• The Reserve on Bayou DeSiard apartments
• Northeast Louisiana Veterans Home
• Victory Boulevard, Allgood Street and Florio Court
• Egrets Landing neighborhood

Boil until the city lifts the notice

Boil water before you drink it, cook with it, make ice or brush your teeth, or use bottled water, until the city says the notice is lifted. The Louisiana Department of Health says to bring water to a full rolling boil, let it boil for one minute and then let it cool before use. LDH also says a boil advisory stays until the water system’s samples clear and the system lifts it; lab coliform tests take at least 18 hours.

Questions

Call the city’s Water Distribution Office at 318-329-2811 or Toby Price at 318-372-1789. We will update this story when the city says the boil notice is lifted.