WATCH LIVE: Officials give update on water main breaks impacting Atlanta

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – On Saturday, crews are still trying to repair several water main breaks that have disrupted service and spurred a boil water advisory in the center of Atlanta.

At least two large water main breaks occurred on Friday — one near the intersection of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard NW and J.P. Brawley Drive in the morning and another at 11th Street and West Peachtree Street NW during the night. The city said the two breaks are not connected.

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The first break was to a transmission main that moves a considerable amount of water through the city. It shut down several buildings across Atlanta, from countless offices to mainstays like the World of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium.

According to the city, the break also impacted critical services, kicking off low water pressure at Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown and Fulton County Jail, among other locations.

On Saturday morning, crews could be seen working at the break near Joseph E. Boone Boulevard NW. Near 8 a.m., workers hefted what appeared to be part of a pipe out of the ground, cheering and hugging each other afterward.

Other workers were dispatched across the city to fix a handful of other suspected breaks Friday night and Saturday morning — including ones on Atlantic Drive NW, Beechwood Drive NW and Havenridge Drive NW, the watershed management department said.

The boil water advisory is still in effect as repairs are being made.

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