Overview

• Work to seal off Friday’s break behind Hinchliffe Stadium reached a milestone Monday night as crews began rebuilding pressure in the distribution network.
• More than 185,000 residents in Paterson, Prospect Park, Haledon and North Haledon remain under a boil-water advisory.
• The Passaic Valley Water Commission and city have set up comfort stations at John F. Kennedy High School, distributed bottled water and deployed portable showers and toilets for affected residents.
• Repair crews have battled steep, wooded terrain and century-old pipes dating to the 1880s, requiring custom replacement parts and around-the-clock access efforts.
• PVWC is coordinating with Ridgewood Water, Veolia and the New Jersey DEP to install temporary interconnections and optimize valve operations ahead of final repairs.