JONESBORO — Several days of below freezing temperatures coupled with empty homes and businesses during the holiday season culminated in numerous water leaks, loss of water pressure and in some case loss of water completely across Clayton County.
The leaks, some gushing thousands of gallons a minute, resulted in a significant drop in water pressure for many. And customers at or near the end of a water line were without water.
Though the weather events were out of control of the Clayton County Water Authority, General Manager Bernard Franks apologized to citizens for the disruption at a press conference Thursday morning. He said their hope is to have everything completely worked out by the new year, but cautioned that as temperatures continued to increase, new leaks could be found.
Between residential and commercial properties in the county, 2,000 lines…
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