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the city’s assistant director of water management. Chatham County also began sending <br />water, and the Orange authority said it was working with Hillsborough as well. <br />With the water treatment plant offline, water levels in the Orange storage tanks fell. And <br />then on Friday, the water main broke. <br />The loss of 1.5 million gallons from the break reduced water pressure, a health concern <br />because without pressure, water doesn’t flow and harmful bacteria can more easily grow <br />in the mains. The water loss itself also meant there wasn’t enough supply. <br />The Orange Water And Sewer Authority began working to restore the treatment plant to <br />normal operation and to repair the water main. But the treatment plant’s output <br />required testing before the utility could safely advise customers to use their water again. <br />