Boil water advisories issued for 131 Columbia Water and Light customers; Derby Ridge Elementary given bottled water by city
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Boil water advisories were issued throughout the day on Wednesday for several areas within Columbia Water and Light’s coverage area.
The City of Columbia’s outage map showed 131 customers under boil advisories around 9 p.m.
Utilities spokesman Matt Nestor wrote in an email that two of the advisories were planned outages and one “was a service repair that ended up not being able to be fixed without shutting down the water main.”
Two advisories were issued for areas near East Leslie Lane – one at George Court and another at North Providence Road -- in northern Columbia at 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Spokesman Jason West indicated in an email that those outages were planned.
An area of Smiley Lane – including Derby Ridge Elementary -- was put under an advisory at 3 pm. because of a water main break, according to Nestor.
Columbia Public Schools spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark wrote in an email that families have been informed and the city has provided the school with bottled water for staff and students to use during the advisory.
An advisory was also issued at 2:30 a.m. for a portion of College Avenue between Windsor Street and Paris Road. An area of west Columbia – Stallworth Court and Reedsport Ridge – had an advisory issued at 9 a.m.
A neighborhood on East Dawn Drive – north of Interstate 70 – had an advisory issued at 5:30 p.m., but the map states it is expected to expire at midnight. Nestor wrote that occurred after a “contractor hit.”
An outage on Westwind Drive – just north of Stadium Boulevard – was put under an advisory on Monday.
By Thursday afternoon, the total number of customers impacted was reduced to 51 and just three advisories were left on the outage map -- East Leslie Lane, Derby Ridge Elementary and Dawn Drive.
