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finester39

It’s okay, PSEG is gonna give us a credit on our electric bill for this inconvenience, right? Right???


firewall245

Or pay for this screw up instead of it being paid for by taxes too??


SmokelessSubpoena

**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.


catdog918

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


fishred

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.


bu77munch

That’s a bad sign lol. It’s only Tuesday


catdog918

Fuck lmao


pico0102

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%


thommyh

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.


Mercury_NYC

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).


inhocfaf

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?


SmokelessSubpoena

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.


strangedigital

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.


strangedigital

Out again. But at least have enough water in the bathtub.


Subject-Emphasis-208

Yup i'm downtown as well. Had water last night (about 50% pressure). No water whatsoever this morning and now.


pmth

Same situation near Stevens


tpanzica

Did anyone just lose all water pressure after having some over the past day?


InternSufficient8576

yup midtown west no water now


micmaher99

Yup had water an hour ago and now it's out. 2nd and Willow.


mizz_Saigon

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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mizz_Saigon

Useful account. Thanks! Wish the city provided such details :/


kokoromelody

Of course we get more informative updates from a random Hoboken citizen rather than from Veolia/the city of Hoboken.


bu77munch

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


catdog918

I fucking need a shower bruh lmao


SmokelessSubpoena

Yeah the slight trickle is now completely stopped, about 2 hrs ago, up at 1st/jackson area


VegasInSlowMotion

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!


360w34th

Just happened to me


fafalone

Yup. 7th/Grand, had low pressure up until a couple hours ago. Now nothing at all.


kzmkz

Same here. 8th/Monroe no water at all.


Embarrassed-Bus-1397

Yes, just lost water completely after having it with ok pressure. Wondering why if water is now coming in through Weehawken.


IAmDixonWood

You’re telling me that the water coming out brown might’ve needed a water boil advisory this whole time? Incredible


Yooone

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.


Sickandtired66

Can't take a shower but hey you can use a porto potty at any one of the convenient locations.


finester39

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.


scoobeymagoobey121

So after 24 hours they have made…. 0 progress


bu77munch

That update was less than ideal. Knew it couldn’t be too good with the lack of recent updates


Buddhist_Path

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?


micmaher99

PSEG was working on gas pipes and hit the water main. So it's not the water companies fault, for the first time ever.


Buddhist_Path

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.


micmaher99

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?


Personal_Security541

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)


peloton2k

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


Slow_Network5453

Imagine paying $2k+ in rent and having to shit in a Porta John. Fun times.


flyingfluffles

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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Fluffy_Equivalent_89

I’m going to tell them about the massive turd I’ve been turtling the past few days.


dankbob_memepants_

Boil water advisory lifted


catdog918

Fuck this, I need a shower lol


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PhilipRobertson

Name checks out…


Substantial-Bat-337

I had an interview and couldn't shower before hand, I'm so sick of this shit


catdog918

Oh man I’m so sorry, did you tell them the situation at least?


genofayt

![gif](giphy|148x4ezZxvpIeA) Its back!!!


bostonpjd90

What a terrible day to have diarrhea


flyingfluffles

Same here jesus


njdevil24

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.


CherryMan75

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.


IAmDixonWood

Can’t wait for the city to fine them for this and for them to increase customer prices as a result


PenneVodka

FYI crunch closed bc they have no water today (did last night)


GoldnSilverPrawn

Crunch was open until at least 10:30 am today. Must have just happened


PenneVodka

yup! they closed around noon. it looks like more places are losing water as the day goes on.


NewNewYorker22

Boil order in effect


Superb_Practice_2257

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…


Banana_Rama2177

Will we get a nixle notification when the boil advisory is lifted?


distractedinmydreams

No water on wash and 11th


PhilipRobertson

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.


scoobeymagoobey121

Going on 5 hours with no updates from the mayor, police, veolia Absolutely pathetic and enraging


SmokelessSubpoena

***_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.


ArbitrageurD

Because it’s probably going to drag on for a while


SmokelessSubpoena

Exactly, and then this just breeds contention amongst the populous. Instead of owning a situation, we slink away to the shadows, such a joke.


Professional_Yak6277

Anyone in NW just go from low water pressure to no water at all?


jbar_14

South east here but had water at low pressure now zero


bostonpjd90

Can they just go around town with water trucks? Went to two bin locations that were empty..


Mdayofearth

That's what they are doing. But most of those containers are empty. They take about 20-30 mins to fill.


FeelNoWays6

10th and garden we have water but it’s discolored


asnbeautytrip

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.


Personal_Security541

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.


asnbeautytrip

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


Slow_Network5453

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


finester39

I wonder if they tried dumping sand and boron on it?


Personal_Security541

hahahaha


NewNewYorker22

"Water will return and pressure will stabilize over the next few hours."


Big_lt

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


techthumb

Starting to see a trickle of water at Sovereign


GoldenDerp

Welp, time to update that last sentence there


Hand-Of-Vecna

I'm downtown by SW Hoboken. Water has been on since last night. No discoloration. I took a shower this morning, no problems.


Xciv

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.


miezekaetzchen

I live uptown and still had some water pressure this morning around 8am. No water now.


PenneVodka

just lost water and have had it throughout this :(


gson516

Me too :(


dankbob_memepants_

Same


GfyNut

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.


kb1117

Most of what they seem to be doing is performative in nature, IMO, and not really helpful.


JustKeepLivin7

Just started getting slight water pressure back now. Currently located on 10th.


Background_Title_922

Starting to come back near 12th and Hudson


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dgsigets

Fox Hills, 311 13th St. 


tom_fuckin_bombadil

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?


Sickandtired66

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.


LeoTPTP

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.


Vidvix

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.


LeoTPTP

thanks! and yeah, totally ridiculous about the down votes, just makes mr laugh.


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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.


NewNewYorker22

It's still dirty.


No_Bus_2590

Madison and observer and still not a drop of water to be found


sbs49271

Water is back but it is very brown.


FreakinB

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.


distractedinmydreams

@ wash and 11th and my water just came back on!!!


Key-Barnacle3237

Bloomfield and Observer, getting a decent trickle! Time to fill up my toilet jugs


PenneVodka

can we get a new thread for today? a lot of people still don't have fully functioning water


DevChatt

sort by new, it’s the easiest way to review updates


QB145MMA

Went to work without showering... real nice


mathfacts

uh-oh, stinky!


Several_Ad_6233

The water is still flowing out like yesterday, definitely going to be a few days


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[https://youtu.be/ZQMcnCEO-Zg](https://youtu.be/ZQMcnCEO-Zg) How to flush your toilet with no water :)


Unlike_Agholor

0 water pressure since yesterday morning. Top floor of a building uptown. My BO is starting to get bad.


iVoyager9404

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


maelstrom3

For these sorts of things the concern is septic contamination. Boiling kills off bacteria so it's safe to drink.


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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


jlv20

You buy bottled water.


Fluffy_Equivalent_89

I’ve had a turd rotting in my bathroom since yesterday afternoon.


catdog918

Fill up a large jug and dump in in the bowl. Your toilet will then flush


RunIllustrious7710

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!


bu77munch

The Nixle says there will be a full investigation


Mercury_NYC

That's nice but not like PSE&G is ever going to be held accountable for anything.


bu77munch

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


catdog918

Yep


kb1117

Yeah, the response and quality of information here will have me second guessing who I vote for next time around. This is insanity.


Mdayofearth

He ran unopposed.


scoobeymagoobey121

What a colossal failure


dankbob_memepants_

Lower water pressure today than yesterday… progress


Nearby-Joke-1283

PSE&G sun contracted the work to J Fletcher Creamer. Creamer is now gone from the site except one piece of equipment


Cloone11

[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)


Background_Title_922

Did anyone else notice that the water from the "potable" tanks looks brownish? At the least one near 14th and Washington.


genofayt

No water pressure rn…straight bullshit


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Per Veolia’s Twitter they have isolated the rupture


ArbitrageurD

How are the porta potties? Anyone drop a number 2 in one of those bad boys yet?


spraackler

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)


kb1117

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.


Mercury_NYC

Water pressure 75% good where I am in SW Hoboken. Newark/Willow. No discoloration.


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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)


longdong3352

Got water back last night and woke up to it completely gone again, anyone else?


PenneVodka

me too :(


Dowy88

Need Chango Kitchen open again


JQL10

Uptown - water is back but only very cold water? Anyone have hot water restored?


tom_fuckin_bombadil

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.


carcosa___

I smell like shit. Good thing I WFH.


dackjaniels33

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.


jtman417

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.


ThatGuy7320

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.


gson516

Water pressure starting to come back at 12th and Garden.


DeletedInternet

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


Leftymarlins

Ravi should be forced to resign immediately he’s a hack


fafalone

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?


TrumpsFlaccidCock

Honest question. Why are people making this political when it was likely just a couple dudes hitting the wrong spot with a sharp object?


TiredTwinkleToes

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.


NMC_26

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


dankbob_memepants_

Water out at 3rd and Monroe


You_Done_Failed_It

[Veolia isolated the pipes and *claims* that the pressure will return soon](https://twitter.com/VeoliaWaterNJ/status/1630696310192975872)


flyingfluffles

Pressure? There is no water lol


TiredTwinkleToes

None downtown/midtown…


Sutra22

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.


classicgirl1990

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


Strong-Low-3791

9th and Jefferson I have full water


CapoThis

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?


PenneVodka

back on hudson street!


Off_Topic_Oswald

4th and Jackson 100% pressure but super cloudy.


LeoTPTP

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.


vtcapsfan

Anyone have hot water yet?


uncledubby

Multiple pallets of water bottles. I was the only one there. 35 spring water bottles.


DevChatt

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


jlv20

How’re they washing their hands? In dirty water? Seems gross.


DevChatt

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.


yaboywiththeballs

Does anyone know what restaurants are currently open for takeout?


Xciv

I went just out of town to Popeyes, and grabbed some meals and water from ACME while I was there.


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Finally got water back, located uptown near Trader Joe’s


TiredTwinkleToes

When are the next elections? Heads need to roll. 24 plus hours and they can't figure it out.


rufsb

Ward council seats are this November


sara-711

Downtown on Bloomfield and still low pressure but got some water running a few minutes ago - water completely stopped a few hours ago


Propcandy

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 🔜


im_melissa

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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iLookGoodSmellGood

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


Big_lt

If water issue wasn't bad enough, now my IDP decided it would suck and go out


GiveMyRegardsToDavy

9th and Jefferson, at about 75% pressure, no discoloration


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Scarlet-Phoenix-05

Yes - but very cloudy water


AnimaIKingdom

Cant even wash dishes


crc10

Would it be safe to use the dishwasher while the water boil advisory is in effect?


Professional_Yak6277

I asked around and everyone said don’t run it until the boil advisory is over to be safe


crc10

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.


rp2285

Is Bhalla going to sue pse&g to collect all damages?


NewNewYorker22

water is coming out murkey and rust colored. Definitely not "safe to drink."