Mayor Esther Manheimer spoke to WLOS following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, stating that restoring water service is the city's top priority. She emphasized that while significant efforts are underway, the repair process could take several weeks due to extensive damage to feeder pipes and road closures.
FILE - Mayor Esther Manheimer spoke to News 13 on Sunday, Sept. 29 following Hurricane Helene, saying that the City of Asheville 's top priority is getting the water service up and running.
She said that this has been a devastating and unprecedented storm situation, and she is thankful for the help the community has provided for each other through this. She said she knows that water is the biggest issue many people are wondering about and that the City's job is to get the water service up and running.She has asked those with water to continue to fill bathtubs and make sure they have water available in case of more outages.
Manheimer said they are using every resource to try to get the water back on and that there has been an incredible effort being made to restore this service.The issue, she said, is that they are seeing a loss of the feeder pipes down into Asheville, so work is underway to try and restore that. She said that while she hopes this is not the case, people should plan for this to possibly take several weeks for complete restoration.The Woodfin Water District announced at 8 p.m. on Sunday that it sustained significant damages from the hurricane. Some customers may still have water services, but the District says it hopes to restart water production within the next few days as repairs are made.
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