Overview
- The outage, which began around 2 a.m. Monday, left more than 21,500 people without running water at its peak.
- E‑Regio said teams located a burst main near the waterworks and completed the repair by midday, bringing pressure back across the network.
- Officials sent alerts through Germany’s NINA warning app and asked residents to save water and avoid using appliances like washing machines.
- Taps ran brown in some homes as flows changed during repairs because iron deposits were stirred up, which the utility said is not a health risk.
- Earlier disruptions hit parts of Euskirchen including Großbüllesheim, Kleinbüllesheim and Wüschheim, underscoring how a single break near a hub can ripple through a wide area.