Fayette County Water System crews working to repair the water main break on Flat Creek Road were hoping final repairs to a burst main would restore water pressure to hundreds of residences, many businesses and one elementary school by early afternoon.

Water department supervisors said the last clamps were being secured onto the replacement pipes just after noon today. Once completed, the water will by turned on so that pressure can begin to return to the system.

The break, reported to department supervisors by the treatment plant around 2:30 a.m., occurred approximately 30 yards from the entrance to Ridgelake condominiums, across from Dover Square on Flat Creek Road, within sight of Peachtree City Hall.

Water department supervisors at the scene late this morning said the break was easy to locate, as evidenced by the fountain of water spraying up from the berm adjacent to Ridgelake. The overflow cut a small creek through the fallen leaves of one townhome's back yard.

He said the break occurred in a 4-foot length of a 6-inch plastic pipe that serves as the main water supply line to the central section of the city.

Reports of two separate breaks earlier in the morning were incorrect. Water service was out across Ga. Highway 54 in the Glenloch area, though that outage was due to the break on Flat Creek. Customers on Waterwood Bend on the east side of Lake Peachtree reported no water pressure, he said.

Updated 9:56 a.m.

The outage is affecting the Peachtree City Fire Department, said Chief Ed Eiswerth. Several stations have no water and if area homes have low water pressure, the hydrants feed off the same lines.

Fayette County Board of Education spokesperson Melinda Berry Dreisbach confirmed that Peachtree City Elementary School is the only school affected. They are being bused to bathrooms. Bottled water has been brought in for the students and the Fayette County Board of Health checked out the kitchen this morning and stated it was safe to serve lunch today.

They have been told the outage would be resolved in approximately four hours.

Updated 9:45 a.m. A water main break affecting thousands of residents and scores of businesses in the central part of Peachtree City has forced at least one elementary school to resort to busing students to a nearby nursing home to use working bathrooms.

Preliminary reports indicate that Peachtree City Elementary School on Wisdom Road was ferrying students to nearby Southland Nursing Home to use bathrooms after the school water supply was shut off early this morning.

A water main break in the early hours of Thursday morning has affected a large area of Peachtree City, according to a customer service representative at the Fayette County Water System.

The break is in a main along Flat Creek Road in Peachtree City's Aberdeen Village.

Crews have had to shut off several feeder lines off the main while they attempt to repair the break, the customer service representative said.

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A large swath of central Peachtree City, north and south of Georgia Hwy 54 is affected by the outage. There are two water main breaks [THIS INFORMATION WAS LATER CORRECTED in the story above.] and crews are out in the field repairing both of them. Estimates have the problem being resolved by this afternoon.

The outage is not consistent and water is returning in some affected areas, albeit with varying amounts of water pressure.

Reports have students from Peachtree City Elementary School being bused to Southland Nursing Home to use the restrooms.

Contrary to some rumors, the problem is not believed to be drought related.

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