Well, THIS isn't fun . . . . . [View all]

Last edited Sat Aug 9, 2025, 09:17 AM - Edit history (1)

You may or may not have learned that there is a 30" water main break in Paterson, NJ.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/water-main-break-paterson-boil-water-advisory/6362743/

I live in the next town. Good news: We don't have a boil-water advisory. Bad news: We don't have water, period.

I mean no flush toilet and no water from the faucets.

This has been the case since yesterday.

I filled up a soup kettle with water yesterday before the water ran out, but we don't know how long it will take to fix the water main and how long it will take to fill up the town's water tower.

All I know is this is the reality at least for today.

Postscript: No coffee for me unless I have a bathroom within walking distance.


UPDATE
Mayor says just 50 pallets of 24-bottles of Poland Spring and they're expecting a 6,000 gallon tanker of water to arrive around noon.

I just spent $5 on water to flush my toilet. At least it wasn't Perrier or Saratoga bottled water.