After a lawn mower hit a fire hydrant, the DeKalb County, Ga., area — including the DeKalb Medical Center — experienced a major loss of water pressure and was under a boil water advisory for four days, according to an article on the Decaturish web site.
A county mowing crew hit a fire hydrant connected to main transmission line.
A contractor for the county said crews had difficulty locating the shut off valve, which led to pressure being lowered several times over the weekend.
Charles Lambert, interim director of Watershed Management, concluded early on that the issue would create major service disruptions throughout the county. However, the county didn’t start communicating with the public about the break until the next day, the article said.
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