A boil order has been issued for areas south of Fairview Road in Camden, according to Camden Water Utilities General Manager David Richardson

"This morning, early, we had main break, a 10-inch main break, over on Fairview Road at the intersection of Old Wire Road and Fairview Road, which drained our water tank there on Old Wire Road pretty rapidly," Richardson stated. "That resulted in some people losing some water pressure for more than a couple of hours, so as a result of that, that did trigger a boil order for areas south of Fairview Road, which  includes areas from Mt. Holly to Hwy 79 at Jays County Store."

Richardson also said the Old Wire Road Water Association and Hwy 424 Water Association were affected.

He noted that while repairs are ongoing, the boil order will be in place at least a couple of days until the Arkansas Department of Health lifts it.

"We are in the process of making repairs right now to the main, so we should have that system back up and running in a couple of hours, I hope. We'll have a little bit of dirty water until we can get the whole system flushed out," Richardson said. "We want to pull our first samples Sunday and post them Monday morning and get them to laboratory, so we can make sure they're safe and get them to the Health Department to get the green light."

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recommends using the following precautions when under a boil order:

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