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Atlanta officials were slowly repressuring the city's water system Saturday after corroding water pipes burst in downtown and Midtown, forcing many businesses and attractions to close and affecting water service in area homes. The city was handing out cases of water and setting up portable toilets at several fire stations and first responders were checking high rise residences to see if the elderly or other vulnerable residents were OK. “Water is a valuable, critical resource and cities can't function and lives can't function without it,” Mayor Andre Dickens said during a news conference Saturday.
The Atlanta Department of Watershed Management announced that water service would be shut off at 5 p.m. Friday to much of Atlanta, including all of downtown,