Boil water advisory lifted in southern Fulton County

A boil water advisory that was in effect for parts of southwest Atlanta and in Fairburn, South Fulton, Chattahoochee Hills, Palmetto and Union City was lifted early Tuesday afternoon, officials announced.

The city of Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management issued the advisory around midnight Monday. It was in effect for about 36 hours.

Watershed officials said Tuesday afternoon that sampling confirmed there was no contamination of the public water system.

“Water may be used for all purposes without boiling,” the statement said.

Earlier statements explained the cause of the boil water advisory.

“A failure at the Adamsville Pumping Station has caused a widespread water outage for customers in parts of the City of Atlanta from Martin L. King Jr. Drive, south of I-20, to the City of Fairburn, the City of South Fulton, Chattahoochee Hills, Palmetto, and Union City,” the city of Atlanta posted on X.

Residents who experienced water outages or low water pressure were advised to use bottled water or boil all tap water for at least one minute at a rolling boil before using it for drinking, cooking, preparing baby food or brushing teeth.

“Do not drink water from public water fountains in the impacted area,” the city warned in its initial statement. “Infants, the elderly and those with immune deficiencies should be particularly cautious.”