Wednesday, January 15, 2025

DeKalb County "boil water" notice expands after break in aging water main

Continued work on a water main break on Clairmont Rd. led Wednesday to an expanded "cautionary" boil water advisory for portions of western DeKalb County, reaching into parts of the City of Decatur.

The DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management issued the advisory for an area east of Moreland Avenue, west of Candler St./Clairemont Ave., south of Mason Mill Rd., and north of Hosea L. Williams Dr. 

"DeKalb residents who receive their water from the City of Atlanta are not affected by the boil water advisory," the department says.

The break in a 30-inch cast-iron water main on Clairmont Road near Dresden Dr., which was installed in 1941, initially affected about 8,800 households in the Toco Hills area and nearby.