Jonesborough Utilities begins restoring residential water Thursday morning

An update to the water services crisis in Washington County, Tennessee: Good news for Washington County residents affected by widespread water outages this week– Jonesborough Utility officials say they are starting to restore residential water first thing Thursday morning. A Wednesday night update says the Bumpass Cove-Embreeville area will be restored first, beginning at 8 AM.

After that, other areas will be restored gradually, working from the Southern to the Northeastern area of the county. Homeowners are asked to put their dogs up while this process happens to keep crews safe. Water bottle distribution continues Thursday afternoon from 4 to 8 at the Embreeville Fire Dept. and Bowmantown Ruritan.

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