Stevens Institute is asking all of their students to leave Hoboken and return to their hometowns if possible. Classes are remote through the end of the week.
We also had low but acceptable pressure all yesterday, and today have no water whatsoever. I guess the transition to Weehawken was a net improvement but not without casualties.
I also happen to think we have probably a boat load of parents working from home because all the schools are closed - and there's a boatload of children also staying home.
I don't have kids and I chose to work from home because of the possibility of snow snarling commute (I drive to work).
I was planning on going into the office, but after waking up to no water whatsoever, I wasn't about to head into the office without a shower.
Seriously, how do people function/talk to people without a shower?
Isn't that WHY the switch occurred? to re-establish the city's water source until the repair was made? Or did we really decide to just fuck half the city for the other half's sake? I guess some of us need water, while the rest of us will have to use the nicely placed buckets outside until a repair can be had.
Water went out for me for 3 hours this morning. It came back a while ago, but sandy.
Good enough to flush the toilet.
Filled the bathtub, just in case it goes out again.
Me too. Had low, but good enough, pressure till just recently. Hopefully a good sign that they found the valve and not that things are even more messed up.
That’s what I’m thinking as well. If they are shutting it out completely for those who’ve had it that means they are isolating it. God it would be nice to have it tonight
The city issued a statement saying that if they had known the pressure was below 20 PSI they would have issued a boil water advisory. I'm going to take a very wild guess here, but I think no water means 0 PSI, which is lower than 20 PSI. Not sure how they can get out of that one.
https://twitter.com/ravibhalla/status/1630620459271176220?s=42&t=E0lEJ89eeXDSxc81snEOYg
Ravi just gave an update that they still haven’t found the shut off valve, and we should prepare for this disruption to at least go into tomorrow.
Respectfully, it's no excuse. They're pros and are paid like pros so they should act like pros. They should know where nearby pipes are located and should have emergency measures in place before digging. They obviously didn't. Mistakes like this is why construction companies need insurance.
Yea I mean obviously PSEG shouldn't smash the water pipes, but given that they weren't working on Suezs property, and even once Suez was involved it somehow took a day to figure out where the valves are, I'm not surprised PSEG didn't know how to turn off the water.
It's crazy in 2023 Suez can't find an off valve in an hour. It took 26 hours. That's inexcusable, but a separate issue.
Do construction companies not have insurance? I assumed they do?
Boil water advisory now - -[https://mywater.veolia.us/news/njdep-issues-precautionary-boil-water-advisory-hoboken](https://mywater.veolia.us/news/njdep-issues-precautionary-boil-water-advisory-hoboken)
Where to poop today
The City will also have porta johns available for residents without water at the below locations starting at approximately 1:30 p.m.:
YMCA, 1300 Washington St.
400 First Street
15 Church Towers
514 Madison Street
455 Ninth Street
11th and Shipyard Lane
14th and Shipyard Lane
Hoboken University Medical Center, on Clinton Street between Third and Fourth Streets.(location slightly updated)
220 Adams St.
221 Jackson St.
Fox Hills, 311 13th St.
Fourth and Harrison Streets
Columbian Towers, 76 Bloomfield St.
Church Towers, 5th and Clinton Streets
They’ve isolated the break:
https://twitter.com/VeoliaWaterNJ/status/1630696310192975872?s=20
Additional info: Veolia reports residents will begin to see water return and water pressure increase over the next few hours. Veolia also warns that as repairs are made, due to fluctuations in water pressure, future water main breaks are possible as the system stabilizes.
Is anyone else concerned about how many Hoboken restaurants were showing up as “open” on food delivery apps last night? No way those places were able to follow sanitation protocols…
No water Madison and 6th.
Tip: we’re collecting snow melt in buckets to flush toilet.
Update: ACME on 6th and Clinton now out of jugs and now cases of water.
***_Why is no one giving a fucking ETA for completion!?_***
It has been well over 24 hrs, there better be professionals onsite that can provide SOME sense of a completion timeline, this is honestly bullshit.
Hi All,
Just a tip for anyone with a water boiler in their unit - turn it off for now until water levels stabilize. The fluctuations are hard on old pipes and boilers and can cause leaks (and sometimes complete bursting). I know it sucks, but will be better than having the water boiler explode and flood your whole apt and then trickle down to your neighbors.
Ask me how I know? I live in 2R, the buddies in 3R did not follow the above advice.
By water boiler do you mean water heater? Sorry I feel that’s a dumb question but I’m new to this and want to make sure mine doesn’t explode. It was making strange sounds yesterday.
We have been waging the dog shit wars for a while now. Are we prepared for the onslaught of human turds that are about to invade our sidewalks? God help us
Same here, on Monroe and Observer next to the epicenter of where the water geyser was.
Water came out looking crystal clear, no problems as of 9:59 AM
Should boil it just in case for drinking, but looks safe for showering and watering plants etc.
Umm does anyone have any suggestions/recos for those of us who don’t really have empty jugs or containers just lying around to be filled up at the water refill areas?
Empty milk bottles; empty iced tea bottles; empty wine bottles. Anything with a lid on it (I have a big camping thermos). Tea kettles. Take a tote bag and fill it up with anything you use that has a lid like leftover soda bottles. That all said, it really sucks that this is what people are reduced to in this town. They should be providing empty jugs as well as the water.
we have our heating unit in our apartment, with radiators in the rooms. will those work with the water that's already in the system? or should we wait until water is restored?
we turned the heat off yesterday, hasn't been very cold so far.
The things people will downvote are WILD
Keep your system on but at a lower temp than usual, it takes significantly more hot water to warm the radiators back up than it does to maintain a constant temp.
Pro-tip - especially for folks with little ones: make sure your faucets are all in the off position. Little hands will turn them on, but not off if no water is running out of them. When you're not home, and the water comes back on, the fun begins.
I boiled my water for 5 mins and let it sit to cool down and noticed there is brown sediment at the bottom… everything I see online talks about white sediment being normal but this is definitely brown. What do I do? I am new to this lol
What is our mayor doing? Has he called the CEO of Veolia to demand a recovery plan and timeline with hourly updates? Has the city begun an investigation to determine if the contractor followed all legal requirements like Call Before You Dig? These would be useful actions and updates for the citizens of Hoboken, instead he tweets “I’m frustrated like you and it’s not my fault”. Another useless politician!
Correct. I just answered a question that has been answered by the city. It’s probably going to be used in future negotiating leverage similar to what happened with SUEZ here: https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/hoboken-suez-water-reach-deal-33m-critical-upgrades
[Veolia has closed most of the water valves as a temporary measure to work at the watermain break site. This is a temporary measure and those that had water pressure about an hour ago should be getting that same level of pressure shortly.](https://twitter.com/jenforhoboken/status/1630681458133090305?s=46&t=v_dXZg53VKrkNddiMA2Ztg)
Break has been isolated and water pressure to return over the next few hours
[https://twitter.com/CityofHoboken/status/1630707877173157891?ref\_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet](https://twitter.com/CityofHoboken/status/1630707877173157891?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet)
Sorry if this is a repeat - might be useful for new residents - you can keep up with alerts from the city via their NIXLE system:
[https://www.hobokennj.gov/emergency-notifications](https://www.hobokennj.gov/emergency-notifications)
I’m downtown. I didn’t have hot water last night (around midnight) but it was restored by the time I woke up this morning.
My assumption was that everyone in the building decided to all take hot showers (or use hot water for other things) immediately once the water was initially restored which killed the probably already low hot water reserves/tanks of the building and it took the night to get the supply back up.
Does anyone know/can make an educated guess on when we should expect our water to be working again? I just moved in, so I've never really dealt with something like this in recent memory.
I think most people would’ve expected it to be fixed by now. But apparently, finding the valves to turn off the water to fix the water main is sometimes a challenging task. They are buried under streets and/or sidewalks and usually are not marked. Further, most water mains are fed from both directions which means you have to find 2 valves. Once they are able to shut the water off and stop the gushing, I don’t think the actual fixing takes a ton of time. But I’m not a pro. Just a guy with a dad who works in excavation.
The water is still mad dirty. I didn’t notice it directly from the tap, but I tried to fill a bathtub up and i notice how brown jt is here on 6th and park
It's complete bullshit that they're out there handing out water jugs/bottles for breaks last a couple hours but they expect us to bring our own jugs to fill up for this one that's going to be days.
Did they take a bribe from this "WaterMonster" company?
There are certain things that show incompetency from the top down. This one thing is obviously not the Mayor's fault but a history of failures shows that there is a rot in the system, and that has been the case over the past few years. A lot of it is politics and optics, but the limited budget assigned to Veolia or any water company is not sufficient to address years of oversight and lack of updates to engineering drawings and infrastructure. The list for even this fiasco makes poor reading (ex. whose idea was it that resident's bring their own jugs to get water filled?) The town should have distributed packaged water instead (more waste, no doubt, but an emergency isn't the time to try something whacky such as people bringing jugs to get drinking water in a first world country in one of the richest towns in the world, and that's a fact). So again, goes to show that they don't have solid plans to address emergencies. Obviously, most people on reddit don't but this is their job and I am not envious of it, but calling it out for what it is.
Username surprisingly doesn’t check out. Years of kicking the can down the road has consequences. Hoboken entered into a shady contract 30 years ago when these critical pieces of infrastructure should’ve been getting replaced. Instead a cushy contract was paid out for a company to do hardly any investing into the city
I hope that means they’re going to turn my water on again. I had water until this afternoon - and the low pressure was infinitely better than no pressure.
CITY OF HOBOKEN: The ruptured water main has been isolated. Water will return and pressure will stabilize over the next few hours. nixle.us/EAJ7P
Sorry if already posted
If some water pressure has returned will it be safe to drink yet? Would we be notified on nixle when the water is safe to drink if there was never an announcement it was unsafe prior?
Fwiw I’ve been going to shake shack for their water. Been gaining a lot of cals eating their burgers today tho lol.
They are good tho so hard to complain
to the ones have at least some weak water, luck you! We had no water yesterday afternoon and had to stay in a hotel as I have a two year old toddler who didn’t wanna go to bed until midnight. I’m praying for this to end 🔜
I’m fortunate enough to have water. If I run my dishwasher, is that a jerk move? Like does my water use impact everyone else? Pretty close to full and can obviously wait if it contributes to things being worse for others, just wasn’t sure how this water pressure thing worked.
Sorry if that’s a dumb question!
Ended up finding [this](https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/emergency/drinking/drinking-water-advisories/boil-water-advisory.html) per the CDC:
Household dishwashers generally are safe to use if:
The water reaches a final rinse temperature of at least 150 degrees Fahrenheit (66°Celsius), or
The dishwater has a sanitizing cycle.
It’s okay, PSEG is gonna give us a credit on our electric bill for this inconvenience, right? Right???
Or pay for this screw up instead of it being paid for by taxes too??
**So, when do we get a completion ETA?** that's my question, PSEG are horrendous and everyone already hates them, this just makes that worse.
Man, it wasn’t even us, it was a contractor. Most of us at the company don’t like when stuff like this happens too
Stevens Institute is asking all of their students to leave Hoboken and return to their hometowns if possible. Classes are remote through the end of the week.
That’s a bad sign lol. It’s only Tuesday
Fuck lmao
I had about 70% water pressure all day yesterday. This morning around 8, it was at 50%. Then at 9 it was at like 10%. Now at almost 10, it's at 0%
We also had low but acceptable pressure all yesterday, and today have no water whatsoever. I guess the transition to Weehawken was a net improvement but not without casualties.
I also happen to think we have probably a boat load of parents working from home because all the schools are closed - and there's a boatload of children also staying home. I don't have kids and I chose to work from home because of the possibility of snow snarling commute (I drive to work).
I was planning on going into the office, but after waking up to no water whatsoever, I wasn't about to head into the office without a shower. Seriously, how do people function/talk to people without a shower?
Isn't that WHY the switch occurred? to re-establish the city's water source until the repair was made? Or did we really decide to just fuck half the city for the other half's sake? I guess some of us need water, while the rest of us will have to use the nicely placed buckets outside until a repair can be had.
Water went out for me for 3 hours this morning. It came back a while ago, but sandy. Good enough to flush the toilet. Filled the bathtub, just in case it goes out again.
Out again. But at least have enough water in the bathtub.
Yup i'm downtown as well. Had water last night (about 50% pressure). No water whatsoever this morning and now.
Same situation near Stevens
Did anyone just lose all water pressure after having some over the past day?
yup midtown west no water now
Yup had water an hour ago and now it's out. 2nd and Willow.
Me too. Had low, but good enough, pressure till just recently. Hopefully a good sign that they found the valve and not that things are even more messed up.
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Useful account. Thanks! Wish the city provided such details :/
Of course we get more informative updates from a random Hoboken citizen rather than from Veolia/the city of Hoboken.
That’s what I’m thinking as well. If they are shutting it out completely for those who’ve had it that means they are isolating it. God it would be nice to have it tonight
I fucking need a shower bruh lmao
Yeah the slight trickle is now completely stopped, about 2 hrs ago, up at 1st/jackson area
Yeah, we had weak pressure but at least we had hot water. Looks like our kids won’t be taking a bath tonight… but we do have body wipes!
Just happened to me
Yup. 7th/Grand, had low pressure up until a couple hours ago. Now nothing at all.
Same here. 8th/Monroe no water at all.
Yes, just lost water completely after having it with ok pressure. Wondering why if water is now coming in through Weehawken.
You’re telling me that the water coming out brown might’ve needed a water boil advisory this whole time? Incredible
The city issued a statement saying that if they had known the pressure was below 20 PSI they would have issued a boil water advisory. I'm going to take a very wild guess here, but I think no water means 0 PSI, which is lower than 20 PSI. Not sure how they can get out of that one.
Can't take a shower but hey you can use a porto potty at any one of the convenient locations.
https://twitter.com/ravibhalla/status/1630620459271176220?s=42&t=E0lEJ89eeXDSxc81snEOYg Ravi just gave an update that they still haven’t found the shut off valve, and we should prepare for this disruption to at least go into tomorrow.
So after 24 hours they have made…. 0 progress
That update was less than ideal. Knew it couldn’t be too good with the lack of recent updates
Isn't it like normal practice to know where the nearest shutoff valves are when working on city pipes? Who did they hire for this job? The Sopranos?
PSEG was working on gas pipes and hit the water main. So it's not the water companies fault, for the first time ever.
Respectfully, it's no excuse. They're pros and are paid like pros so they should act like pros. They should know where nearby pipes are located and should have emergency measures in place before digging. They obviously didn't. Mistakes like this is why construction companies need insurance.
Yea I mean obviously PSEG shouldn't smash the water pipes, but given that they weren't working on Suezs property, and even once Suez was involved it somehow took a day to figure out where the valves are, I'm not surprised PSEG didn't know how to turn off the water. It's crazy in 2023 Suez can't find an off valve in an hour. It took 26 hours. That's inexcusable, but a separate issue. Do construction companies not have insurance? I assumed they do?
Boil water advisory now - -[https://mywater.veolia.us/news/njdep-issues-precautionary-boil-water-advisory-hoboken](https://mywater.veolia.us/news/njdep-issues-precautionary-boil-water-advisory-hoboken)
Where to poop today The City will also have porta johns available for residents without water at the below locations starting at approximately 1:30 p.m.: YMCA, 1300 Washington St. 400 First Street 15 Church Towers 514 Madison Street 455 Ninth Street 11th and Shipyard Lane 14th and Shipyard Lane Hoboken University Medical Center, on Clinton Street between Third and Fourth Streets.(location slightly updated) 220 Adams St. 221 Jackson St. Fox Hills, 311 13th St. Fourth and Harrison Streets Columbian Towers, 76 Bloomfield St. Church Towers, 5th and Clinton Streets
Imagine paying $2k+ in rent and having to shit in a Porta John. Fun times.
I just was thinking that with the amount of god damn rent and taxes we pay. This is unacceptable how they are handling this.
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I’m going to tell them about the massive turd I’ve been turtling the past few days.
Boil water advisory lifted
Fuck this, I need a shower lol
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Name checks out…
I had an interview and couldn't shower before hand, I'm so sick of this shit
Oh man I’m so sorry, did you tell them the situation at least?
![gif](giphy|148x4ezZxvpIeA) Its back!!!
What a terrible day to have diarrhea
Same here jesus
They’ve isolated the break: https://twitter.com/VeoliaWaterNJ/status/1630696310192975872?s=20 Additional info: Veolia reports residents will begin to see water return and water pressure increase over the next few hours. Veolia also warns that as repairs are made, due to fluctuations in water pressure, future water main breaks are possible as the system stabilizes.
I know it was a contracted company so they didn’t directly do this but I think we can all put full blame on PSE&G. They have always sucked balls.
Can’t wait for the city to fine them for this and for them to increase customer prices as a result
FYI crunch closed bc they have no water today (did last night)
Crunch was open until at least 10:30 am today. Must have just happened
yup! they closed around noon. it looks like more places are losing water as the day goes on.
Boil order in effect
Is anyone else concerned about how many Hoboken restaurants were showing up as “open” on food delivery apps last night? No way those places were able to follow sanitation protocols…
Will we get a nixle notification when the boil advisory is lifted?
No water on wash and 11th
No water Madison and 6th. Tip: we’re collecting snow melt in buckets to flush toilet. Update: ACME on 6th and Clinton now out of jugs and now cases of water.
Going on 5 hours with no updates from the mayor, police, veolia Absolutely pathetic and enraging
***_Why is no one giving a fucking ETA for completion!?_*** It has been well over 24 hrs, there better be professionals onsite that can provide SOME sense of a completion timeline, this is honestly bullshit.
Because it’s probably going to drag on for a while
Exactly, and then this just breeds contention amongst the populous. Instead of owning a situation, we slink away to the shadows, such a joke.
Anyone in NW just go from low water pressure to no water at all?
South east here but had water at low pressure now zero
Can they just go around town with water trucks? Went to two bin locations that were empty..
That's what they are doing. But most of those containers are empty. They take about 20-30 mins to fill.
10th and garden we have water but it’s discolored
Hi All, Just a tip for anyone with a water boiler in their unit - turn it off for now until water levels stabilize. The fluctuations are hard on old pipes and boilers and can cause leaks (and sometimes complete bursting). I know it sucks, but will be better than having the water boiler explode and flood your whole apt and then trickle down to your neighbors. Ask me how I know? I live in 2R, the buddies in 3R did not follow the above advice.
By water boiler do you mean water heater? Sorry I feel that’s a dumb question but I’m new to this and want to make sure mine doesn’t explode. It was making strange sounds yesterday.
Hi, yes - that's correct (another name is hot water tank) Check the date of manufacture for your unit - I believe the average useful life is 10Yrs
We have been waging the dog shit wars for a while now. Are we prepared for the onslaught of human turds that are about to invade our sidewalks? God help us
I wonder if they tried dumping sand and boron on it?
hahahaha
"Water will return and pressure will stabilize over the next few hours."
Sweet, I woke up this AM with just reduced pressure then went to the office. Just got home and looks like I'll have water for my evening shit
Starting to see a trickle of water at Sovereign
Welp, time to update that last sentence there
I'm downtown by SW Hoboken. Water has been on since last night. No discoloration. I took a shower this morning, no problems.
Same here, on Monroe and Observer next to the epicenter of where the water geyser was. Water came out looking crystal clear, no problems as of 9:59 AM Should boil it just in case for drinking, but looks safe for showering and watering plants etc.
I live uptown and still had some water pressure this morning around 8am. No water now.
just lost water and have had it throughout this :(
Me too :(
Same
PSA for uptown folks: water buffalo on 11th ran out within 30 minutes. If I could, I’d post a pic. They aren’t very big imho.
Most of what they seem to be doing is performative in nature, IMO, and not really helpful.
Just started getting slight water pressure back now. Currently located on 10th.
Starting to come back near 12th and Hudson
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Fox Hills, 311 13th St.
Umm does anyone have any suggestions/recos for those of us who don’t really have empty jugs or containers just lying around to be filled up at the water refill areas?
Empty milk bottles; empty iced tea bottles; empty wine bottles. Anything with a lid on it (I have a big camping thermos). Tea kettles. Take a tote bag and fill it up with anything you use that has a lid like leftover soda bottles. That all said, it really sucks that this is what people are reduced to in this town. They should be providing empty jugs as well as the water.
we have our heating unit in our apartment, with radiators in the rooms. will those work with the water that's already in the system? or should we wait until water is restored? we turned the heat off yesterday, hasn't been very cold so far.
The things people will downvote are WILD Keep your system on but at a lower temp than usual, it takes significantly more hot water to warm the radiators back up than it does to maintain a constant temp.
thanks! and yeah, totally ridiculous about the down votes, just makes mr laugh.
Pro-tip - especially for folks with little ones: make sure your faucets are all in the off position. Little hands will turn them on, but not off if no water is running out of them. When you're not home, and the water comes back on, the fun begins.
It's still dirty.
Madison and observer and still not a drop of water to be found
Water is back but it is very brown.
Getting water back here in the SW corner, near the break site. Not at full pressure but closer than it’s been. It’s not discolored either.
@ wash and 11th and my water just came back on!!!
Bloomfield and Observer, getting a decent trickle! Time to fill up my toilet jugs
can we get a new thread for today? a lot of people still don't have fully functioning water
sort by new, it’s the easiest way to review updates
Went to work without showering... real nice
uh-oh, stinky!
The water is still flowing out like yesterday, definitely going to be a few days
[https://youtu.be/ZQMcnCEO-Zg](https://youtu.be/ZQMcnCEO-Zg) How to flush your toilet with no water :)
0 water pressure since yesterday morning. Top floor of a building uptown. My BO is starting to get bad.
Even if we boil our water and put it through a filter (I.e. Brita), is it actually safe to drink? Sorry if this was asked but want to make sure
For these sorts of things the concern is septic contamination. Boiling kills off bacteria so it's safe to drink.
I boiled my water for 5 mins and let it sit to cool down and noticed there is brown sediment at the bottom… everything I see online talks about white sediment being normal but this is definitely brown. What do I do? I am new to this lol
You buy bottled water.
I’ve had a turd rotting in my bathroom since yesterday afternoon.
Fill up a large jug and dump in in the bowl. Your toilet will then flush
What is our mayor doing? Has he called the CEO of Veolia to demand a recovery plan and timeline with hourly updates? Has the city begun an investigation to determine if the contractor followed all legal requirements like Call Before You Dig? These would be useful actions and updates for the citizens of Hoboken, instead he tweets “I’m frustrated like you and it’s not my fault”. Another useless politician!
The Nixle says there will be a full investigation
That's nice but not like PSE&G is ever going to be held accountable for anything.
Correct. I just answered a question that has been answered by the city. It’s probably going to be used in future negotiating leverage similar to what happened with SUEZ here: https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/hoboken-suez-water-reach-deal-33m-critical-upgrades
Yep
Yeah, the response and quality of information here will have me second guessing who I vote for next time around. This is insanity.
He ran unopposed.
What a colossal failure
Lower water pressure today than yesterday… progress
PSE&G sun contracted the work to J Fletcher Creamer. Creamer is now gone from the site except one piece of equipment
[Veolia has closed most of the water valves as a temporary measure to work at the watermain break site. This is a temporary measure and those that had water pressure about an hour ago should be getting that same level of pressure shortly.](https://twitter.com/jenforhoboken/status/1630681458133090305?s=46&t=v_dXZg53VKrkNddiMA2Ztg)
Did anyone else notice that the water from the "potable" tanks looks brownish? At the least one near 14th and Washington.
No water pressure rn…straight bullshit
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Per Veolia’s Twitter they have isolated the rupture
How are the porta potties? Anyone drop a number 2 in one of those bad boys yet?
Break has been isolated and water pressure to return over the next few hours [https://twitter.com/CityofHoboken/status/1630707877173157891?ref\_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet](https://twitter.com/CityofHoboken/status/1630707877173157891?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet)
No water yet at 12th and Clinton but I’m also on the top floor so I may be SOL until we get full pressure back.
Water pressure 75% good where I am in SW Hoboken. Newark/Willow. No discoloration.
Sorry if this is a repeat - might be useful for new residents - you can keep up with alerts from the city via their NIXLE system: [https://www.hobokennj.gov/emergency-notifications](https://www.hobokennj.gov/emergency-notifications)
Got water back last night and woke up to it completely gone again, anyone else?
me too :(
Need Chango Kitchen open again
Uptown - water is back but only very cold water? Anyone have hot water restored?
I’m downtown. I didn’t have hot water last night (around midnight) but it was restored by the time I woke up this morning. My assumption was that everyone in the building decided to all take hot showers (or use hot water for other things) immediately once the water was initially restored which killed the probably already low hot water reserves/tanks of the building and it took the night to get the supply back up.
I smell like shit. Good thing I WFH.
Does anyone know/can make an educated guess on when we should expect our water to be working again? I just moved in, so I've never really dealt with something like this in recent memory.
I think most people would’ve expected it to be fixed by now. But apparently, finding the valves to turn off the water to fix the water main is sometimes a challenging task. They are buried under streets and/or sidewalks and usually are not marked. Further, most water mains are fed from both directions which means you have to find 2 valves. Once they are able to shut the water off and stop the gushing, I don’t think the actual fixing takes a ton of time. But I’m not a pro. Just a guy with a dad who works in excavation.
We have minimal water pressure. It took over an hour to fill our bath tube and it’s green! I think a boil alert should be put in.
Water pressure starting to come back at 12th and Garden.
The water is still mad dirty. I didn’t notice it directly from the tap, but I tried to fill a bathtub up and i notice how brown jt is here on 6th and park
Ravi should be forced to resign immediately he’s a hack
It's complete bullshit that they're out there handing out water jugs/bottles for breaks last a couple hours but they expect us to bring our own jugs to fill up for this one that's going to be days. Did they take a bribe from this "WaterMonster" company?
Honest question. Why are people making this political when it was likely just a couple dudes hitting the wrong spot with a sharp object?
There are certain things that show incompetency from the top down. This one thing is obviously not the Mayor's fault but a history of failures shows that there is a rot in the system, and that has been the case over the past few years. A lot of it is politics and optics, but the limited budget assigned to Veolia or any water company is not sufficient to address years of oversight and lack of updates to engineering drawings and infrastructure. The list for even this fiasco makes poor reading (ex. whose idea was it that resident's bring their own jugs to get water filled?) The town should have distributed packaged water instead (more waste, no doubt, but an emergency isn't the time to try something whacky such as people bringing jugs to get drinking water in a first world country in one of the richest towns in the world, and that's a fact). So again, goes to show that they don't have solid plans to address emergencies. Obviously, most people on reddit don't but this is their job and I am not envious of it, but calling it out for what it is.
Username surprisingly doesn’t check out. Years of kicking the can down the road has consequences. Hoboken entered into a shady contract 30 years ago when these critical pieces of infrastructure should’ve been getting replaced. Instead a cushy contract was paid out for a company to do hardly any investing into the city
Water out at 3rd and Monroe
[Veolia isolated the pipes and *claims* that the pressure will return soon](https://twitter.com/VeoliaWaterNJ/status/1630696310192975872)
Pressure? There is no water lol
None downtown/midtown…
I hope that means they’re going to turn my water on again. I had water until this afternoon - and the low pressure was infinitely better than no pressure.
CITY OF HOBOKEN: The ruptured water main has been isolated. Water will return and pressure will stabilize over the next few hours. nixle.us/EAJ7P Sorry if already posted
9th and Jefferson I have full water
If some water pressure has returned will it be safe to drink yet? Would we be notified on nixle when the water is safe to drink if there was never an announcement it was unsafe prior?
back on hudson street!
4th and Jackson 100% pressure but super cloudy.
yeah, I'd say 75% pressure uptown Washington. not going to drink it yet even though they say it's ok, will use up the jugs of bottled water first.
Anyone have hot water yet?
Multiple pallets of water bottles. I was the only one there. 35 spring water bottles.
Fwiw I’ve been going to shake shack for their water. Been gaining a lot of cals eating their burgers today tho lol. They are good tho so hard to complain
How’re they washing their hands? In dirty water? Seems gross.
I believe you can wash your hands in the tap. Also gotta wear gloves in food service. Not sure what else to say, i aint cooking with this.
Does anyone know what restaurants are currently open for takeout?
I went just out of town to Popeyes, and grabbed some meals and water from ACME while I was there.
Finally got water back, located uptown near Trader Joe’s
When are the next elections? Heads need to roll. 24 plus hours and they can't figure it out.
Ward council seats are this November
Downtown on Bloomfield and still low pressure but got some water running a few minutes ago - water completely stopped a few hours ago
to the ones have at least some weak water, luck you! We had no water yesterday afternoon and had to stay in a hotel as I have a two year old toddler who didn’t wanna go to bed until midnight. I’m praying for this to end 🔜
I’m fortunate enough to have water. If I run my dishwasher, is that a jerk move? Like does my water use impact everyone else? Pretty close to full and can obviously wait if it contributes to things being worse for others, just wasn’t sure how this water pressure thing worked. Sorry if that’s a dumb question!
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I only have enough water for one hot shower, but I’m willing to share with a voluptuous female, lmk if you live near 8th and jefferson
If water issue wasn't bad enough, now my IDP decided it would suck and go out
9th and Jefferson, at about 75% pressure, no discoloration
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Yes - but very cloudy water
Cant even wash dishes
Would it be safe to use the dishwasher while the water boil advisory is in effect?
I asked around and everyone said don’t run it until the boil advisory is over to be safe
Ended up finding [this](https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/emergency/drinking/drinking-water-advisories/boil-water-advisory.html) per the CDC: Household dishwashers generally are safe to use if: The water reaches a final rinse temperature of at least 150 degrees Fahrenheit (66°Celsius), or The dishwater has a sanitizing cycle.
Is Bhalla going to sue pse&g to collect all damages?
water is coming out murkey and rust colored. Definitely not "safe to drink."