PENDER COUNTY — The Penderlea area of Pender County will experience a water shortage this week.
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On Fridy, starting at 9 p.m. Pender County Utilities customers west of Crooked Run Road and Highway 11 will be without water for approximately six to eight hours while bridge contractors tie in to the new water main that crosses under the creek.
During the outage, customers are asked to not operate water faucets to prevent air from entering their plumbing.
Prior to the water outage, PCU recommends fill pots on the stove for cooking, filling containers with potable drinking water — 1 gallon per person — and having some buckets of water on hand or flushing toilets.
Service will be restored as quickly as possible, according to PCU. Once it is, a boil advisory will be issued for the impacted residents until further notice.
All water used for human and pet consumption should be boiled for one minute prior to using. It’s not necessary to boil water for laundry or bathing.
Customers will be notified when the boil advisory has been lifted.
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