10:15 A.M. UPDATE
A water outage in the Elizabethtown area is affecting the following area: South County Road 500E, East County Road 600S, and East County Road 700S, Eastern Bartholomew Water Corporation reported Thursday morning.
Once the water service is restored, customers in the area will be under a water boil advisory for 48 hours, the utility said, adding crews were “working hard to have the water restored” by 1 pm today. The utility said the outage resulted after a water main was hit by an outside contractor.
Any water that is to be consumed or used for cooking purposes should be boiled for at least 5 minutes and cooled before consuming, the utility said. For more information, call the water utility at 812-526-9777.
ORIGINAL STORY
A water outage in Elizabethtown resulted after a water main was hit by an outside contractor, Eastern Bartholomew Water Corporation reported Thursday morning. The extent of the outage was not immediately reported.
A utility spokesman said crews were working to assess the situation. The utility said it will update the status of the water outage as soon as crews have determined the extent of damage.
