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Posted on: August 28, 2025

[ARCHIVED] Water Line Break: August 28, 2025

City of Abilene notice: Water line break, August 28, 2025. Blue water graphic at bottom.

At approximately 7:30 a.m. on August 28, 2025, Public Works crews responded to a water line break at NE 7th and Buckeye Ave. 

๐€๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค, ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐„ ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ-๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

At this time, it is unclear how long water service may be impacted. 

๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐:

  • You may experience air in the lines, cloudy water, or temporary discoloration. 
  •  Run cold water for several minutes to help clear the lines.
  • Check faucet screens and aerators for debris if you notice low water pressure.

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก & ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง 

  • The City follows Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) guidelines to assess any potential impacts on water quality.
  • If KDHE guidelines determine there is a water quality concern, we will notify customers immediately.
  • If you have concerns about water quality, consider using boiled or bottled water until the system stabilizes.

๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ?
๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.


Tap or click to enlarge image.Water line break near NE 7th & Buckeye, Aug. 28, 2025. Impact area shown on map

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