{"id":308707,"date":"2026-05-10T07:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T07:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/308707\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T07:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T07:35:18","slug":"orion-township-and-village-residents-asked-to-conserve-water-outage-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/308707\/","title":{"rendered":"Orion Township and Village Residents Asked to Conserve Water, Outage Imminent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orion Township and Village Residents Asked to Conserve Water, Outage Imminent<\/p>\n

(Oakland County Times, May 10, 2026)<\/p>\n

Orion Township, MI \u2013 Residents and businesses in Orion Township, including the Village of Lake Orion, are facing a water emergency following a water main break early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

The Township issued an emergency alert just after 2am stating:<\/p>\n

The water main that feeds Orion Township and the Village of Lake Orion has broken. While there is water in the water tower, residents and businesses should NOT USE water except when absolutely necessary effective IMMEDIATELY as no water will be available until repairs are made, which will likely take several days. Water distribution locations for drinking water will be available shortly. More updates as we have them.<\/p>\n

Orion Township Supervisor Chris Barnett is urging residents and businesses to conserve water.\u00a0 \u201cWe need the water in our water tower to last as long as possible, typically that is less than one full day. We need to stretch it as long as possible. Do not water grass, do not shower, do not do laundry, flush as little as possible. This is a very serious situation for our community and we need to come together on this. Please be patient with our team and each other. Let\u2019s do what we do Orion. We got this.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday both Auburn Hills and Orion Township shared information<\/a> to help people prepare for a service interruption.\u00a0 The problem comes from a 42 inch water main located in River Woods Park in Auburn Hills that had been leaking.\u00a0 A new section of pipe has been brought in and replacement is in progress, though it could take several days.<\/p>\n

A section of Auburn Hills has been impacted as well, though as of publishing the City has not shared information for residents.\u00a0 This article will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n

Here are more resources:<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Great Lakes Water Authority shared information on their website:<\/p>\n

To assist the impacted communities, GLWA has sent its three water trucks to the impacted communities to provide residents with one gallon containers of water. These trucks are capable of providing 2,000 one gallon contains in each trip.<\/p>\n

The water trucks, available as soon as possible this morning at the following locations:
Orion Township
\u2022 Wildwood Amphitheater, 2700 Joslyn Court
Auburn Hills
\u2022 Auburn Hills Department of Public Works, 1500 Brown Road
Village of Lake Orion
\u2022 Atwater Park, 426 Atwater Street<\/p>\n

The GLWA water trucks will provide water to the impacted communities as long as the emergency water outage continues.<\/p>\n

Because the response plan had been in place since the day the leak was discovered, GLWA\u2019s emergency contractors have already mobilized equipment, and a replacement segment of pipe is already at the break site.<\/p>\n

Once the break is isolated, crews can excavate the site and remove standing water so that the damaged pipe can be removed and replaced. Once the pipe has been replaced, it can then be filled, disinfected, and flushed. Water quality samples will then need to pass testing before the watermain can be returned to service. At that point, the community\u2019s will need to fill and flush their systems and conduct their own water quality sampling.<\/p>\n

At this time, we do not have a firm estimate of when water service will be restored, however residences and businesses should be prepared to be out of water for a minimum of 14 days.<\/p>\n

This is a developing situation, and more information will be shared as it becomes available.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: Rochester Hills has been placed under a boil advisory due to drop in water pressure.<\/p>\n

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