UPDATE - At around 3:30 p.m. Pennsylvania American Water lifted the mandatory conservation order.
Pennsylvania American Water has issued a mandatory water conservation order for around 70,000 customers in parts of Allegheny, Beaver and Washington counties.
PAWC said the mandatory conservation notice is necessary to maintain adequate water supply and pressure while the company works to fix an unexpected electrical issue at the Aldrich Water Treatment Plant.
Customers in the following communities are asked to temporarily limit their water use to essential purposes only, with a targeted reduction of 10-15% until further notice:
Allegheny County
- Bethel Park
- Clairton
- Jefferson Borough
- South Fayette
- South Park
Beaver County
- Frankfort Springs
- Hanover
Washington County
- Amwell
- Buffalo
- Burgettstown
- Canonsburg
- Canton
- Carroll
- Cecil
- Chartiers,
- City of Washington
- Claysville
- Cross Creek
- Donegal
- East Finley
- East Washington
- Fallowfield
- Hanover
- Hopewell
- Houston
- Independence
- Jefferson
- McDonald
- Midway
- Monongahela
- Morris
- Mount Pleasant
- New Eagle
- North Franklin
- North Strabane
- Nottingham
- Peters
- Robinson
- Smith
- Somerset
- South Franklin
- South Strabane
- West Middletown
“Our teams are working diligently to repair the electrical issue and restore normal operations as quickly as possible. Pennsylvania American Water is notifying affected customers through its automated emergency notification system. The company will provide updates as needed and notify customers when the conservation order is lifted,” PAWC said in a release.
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