Minyvonne Burke is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News.
A boil water advisory is in place for the East Bank of New Orleans and Algiers Point after a foil balloon hit a power line and briefly caused an outage at a water treatment plant. Entergy New Orleans said a mylar balloon struck a power line near the Carrollton Water Treatment Plant around 7 p.m. Tuesday. A company spokesperson told NBC affiliate WDSU of New Orleans that it triggered a 'very brief power fluctuation— causing pumps to be tripped offline.
confirmed that the boil water advisory was precautionary. 'Water pressures in this area fell below 20 pounds per square inch due to a power failure at the Carrollton Water Treatment Plant,' a statement on Facebook read. 'We are working to restore power and water pressure on the East Bank.' The advisory was still in effect as of Wednesday morning.
said that members of its water purification team started collecting samples but due to the size of the affected area, over 90 samples will have to be collected. The board cautioned that because of the number of samples needed, the advisory could last until Thursday afternoon. 'We will keep the public updated on when the samples have arrived back at our lab and testing has begun,' the board said in a Wednesday update.
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