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BOLIVIA, N.C. — The bypass around the break in the water main that carries water from the Kings Bluff Pump Station to several water treatment plants, including Brunswick County’s Northwest Water Treatment Plant, is operational. The bypass will ensure that a greater volume of water is transported to water treatment plants than was being transported by the water main while water was being lost through the break. However, the bypass cannot carry as much as…
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The Southport-Fort Fisher ferry route will be on a one-boat schedule on Saturday, Oct. 29, to accommodate a vessel change out. The schedule times for the day have departures from Southport at 7, 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m., as well as 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Trips leaving Fort Fisher will be at 7:45, 9:15 and 10:45 a.m., and 12:15, 1:45, 3:15 and 4:45 p.m. The schedule will return to normal times on Sunday, Oct.…
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Crews are nearing the final steps of work on a bypass around the break in a water main that carries water from the Kings Bluff Pump Station to water treatment plants. Crews have started making a tap at one line stop (where the bypass will connect to the water main), and will be moving on to the second line stop shortly. If work continues to progress without encountering any problems, the bypass could be placed…
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BOLIVIA — Brunswick County is under a State of Emergency and water conservation measures are imperative for all public water users after attempts at a temporary fix to a broken water main did not work. Crews worked until 1 a.m. this morning, but the attempted band sleeve, which would have been a temporary repair to the broken water main, was not successful. The County’s water situation is no better than before. The site of the…
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Following an assessment of damage to a water main, Brunswick County Public Utility residential customers in all areas of the County should continue to follow mandatory water conservation requirements, though commercial car washes can resume operations. Brunswick County will move from a Level 3 to a Level 2 Water Emergency over the weekend. On Tuesday, when crews will make repairs to the water main, the County will once again move to a Level 3 Water…
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