Overview
- Officials expect to resume bottled-water distribution later today after 10 tractor-trailers arrive, following a temporary closure of the two pickup sites when supplies were exhausted.
- Since Saturday, the city reports distributing more than 76,500 gallons of drinking water at Municipal Stadium and Crosby High School.
- A 36-inch transmission main failed late Friday following an earlier break on Thomaston Avenue, disrupting service for much of Waterbury and parts of Watertown, Wolcott, and Prospect.
- Restaurants in the affected areas have been instructed not to prepare or serve food, and Waterbury Public Schools canceled classes for Monday.
- Crews say the damage underground is worse than first thought and are working on a diversion plan, with officials warning full restoration could take days; both Waterbury Hospital and Saint Mary’s were fully supplied as of Sunday.