The Passaic Valley Water Commission began installing line stops on Monday to repair a 42-inch water main break at North 1st and Arch streets in Paterson.<\/p>\n
A line stop is a technique used to temporarily block water flow in large pipes. The stops will allow repairs to be made while minimizing the impact on customers, the commission said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Workers are trying to restore service to the Riverside section of Paterson and to Fair Lawn, in Bergen County.<\/p>\n
MORE: Another water main breaks in N.J. city as boil advisory remains in effect<\/a><\/p>\n The incident is unrelated to the recent Hinchliffe Stadium main break in Paterson,<\/a> where service was restored to both 24-inch and 30-inch lines, officials said.<\/p>\n To focus on the emergency repairs for the current water main break, crews have paused a large-scale water system flushing program, which was nearly halfway complete, according to the statement.<\/p>\n Flushing is needed to improve water quality and eventually lift the Boil Water Advisory, the agency said.<\/p>\n So far, the advisory has been lifted for about 77,000 customers in Paterson<\/a>, including residents on Broadway and all areas south of Broadway, east of Spruce Street and west of Route 20.<\/p>\n It remains in effect for other parts of Paterson, the borough of Prospect Park, and customers served by the Manchester Utilities Authority in Haledon and North Haledon. <\/p>\n Anthony G. Attrino<\/a> may be reached at tattrino@njadvancemedia.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Passaic Valley Water Commission began installing line stops on Monday to repair a 42-inch water main break…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-109259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}