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<br />CHAPEL HILL NEWS <br /> <br />FEBRUARY 3, 2017 8:53 AM <br />Tap water in Chapel Hill-Carrboro off limits until <br />later this weekend <br /> 1 of 9 <br />A broken water main discovered Friday leaked up to 1.5 million gallons of water a day after the utility <br />began getting water from Durham following a fluoride overfeed at its drinking water plant. UNC <br />remains in Condition 3 (closed) until further notice. All university operations remain temporarily <br />suspended, and only mandatory employees must report to or remain at work Travis <br />Long tlong@newsobserver.com <br />BY TAMMY GRUBB AND MARK SCHULTZ <br />tgrubb@newsobserver.com <br />mschultz@newsobserver.com <br />CARRBORO <br />It will be at least late Saturday or Sunday before OWASA will know whether its drinking <br />water is safe and customers in Chapel Hill and Carrboro can start using it again, officials <br />said Friday.