{"id":447917,"date":"2026-02-04T05:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T05:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/447917\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T05:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T05:10:06","slug":"water-slowly-restored-in-the-town-of-nashville-after-water-emergency-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/447917\/","title":{"rendered":"Water slowly restored in the town of Nashville after water emergency :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Water is slowly being restored in the Town of<br \/>\nNashville after officials said the town\u2019s water supply had been shut off. <\/p>\n<p>In a post on Facebook, officials said full<br \/>\npressure should resume by midnight to affected areas, however, a boil water<br \/>\nadvisory is in effect until further notice. <\/p>\n<p>It comes after the town issued an apology earlier<br \/>\nin the day, after saying the water issues were a result of five major water<br \/>\nmain breaks in the City of Rocky Mount. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1LDCsYxcfr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City of Rocky Mount<br \/>\nofficials said<\/a> that while the city is experiencing isolated water leaks due<br \/>\nto winter weather, continuous water service has been maintained throughout the<br \/>\nentire service area, including service to wholesale customers like the Town of<br \/>\nNashville. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny service interruption experienced by the Town<br \/>\nof Nashville resulted from leaks within their own system, downstream of the<br \/>\nCity\u2019s wholesale metered connections, and was not related to the City of Rocky<br \/>\nMount\u2019s water supply or system operations,\u201d Rocky Mount officials said. <\/p>\n<p>Nashville officials said residents should boil<br \/>\nall water used for drinking, cooking, brushing teeth or washing dishes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may experience air in the water lines,\u201d officials<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/16uYg72Qje\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said in a post.<\/a> \u201cRusty<br \/>\nor discolored water is normal after service interruptions\u2014this should clear as<br \/>\nyou run your taps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials said residents may notice some hydrants running throughout town. Officials assured it is intentional and flushed the water system following the recent repairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Johnston County residents were also<br \/>\nasked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/local\/johnston-county-water-treatment-issues-extreme-cold-february-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">conserve<br \/>\ntheir water usage<\/a> after issues at a county water treatment facility caused<br \/>\nby the weekend storm. <\/p>\n<p>Officials said staff is working around the clock<br \/>\nto make sure the \u201ctreatment is restored properly at the treatment plant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The county asked customers to avoid using water<br \/>\nfor &#8220;non-esssential uses.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Water is slowly being restored in the Town of Nashville after officials said the town\u2019s water supply had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[120117,192,34552,13691,79,29485,18408],"class_list":{"0":"post-447917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-city-of-rocky-mount","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-nash-county","11":"tag-nashville","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-water-main","14":"tag-water-main-break"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447917","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=447917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}