Boil water advisories expand as hundreds of water mains break in Fort Worth As of Thursday afternoon, there were about 400 confirmed and possible water main breaks in the city, and the west side of town fell under a boil water advisory. Author: Lauren Zakalik Updated: 4:17 PM CST February 18, 2021 FORT WORTH, Texas — Editor's note: The above video is from Thursday morning. People picked up drinking water Thursday morning on the north side of Fort Worth, as they approached the 72nd hour of a boil water advisory. Some of them had no water in their homes at all. At the same time, more water problems were popping up — possibly hundreds of them.