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Story by Frank Sparks, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Jim Riggio from the Beaver Falls Municipal Authority reported to Beaver County Radio that a 24 inch transmission water line broke in the area of 10th Ave. and 26th Street in Beaver Falls Monday afternoon around 3PM.
Riggio said that as of 8:45 PM Monday evening all of Beaver Falls is without water as well as part of Eastvale. BFMA is hoping to have water service restored sometime around midnight Monday Night.
All of Beaver Falls and Eastvale are currently under a boil water advisory and Riggio said once the water service is fully restored all of the rest of the Upper Beaver Valley will be under a boil water advisory for up to 48 hours per DEP regulations. The advisory will continue until samples submitted to the DEP meet regulator standards. The communities involved that the BFMA services that will be in the boil water advisory are The City of Beaver Falls, Eastvale Borough, Big Beaver Borough, Patterson, White Township, West Mayfield, South Beaver, and Chippewa Township. Riggio said that if you are north of the Beaver Falls-New Brighton Bridge and you are serviced by BFMA you will be part of the boil water advisory.
This story is continuing to develop. Stay tuned to Beaver County Radio as we are expected to get an update from Jim around 7:30 AM Tuesday morning.
Update: You can read the updated story from Tuesday morning by clicking below: