Residents of the Town of Otterbein are under a water boil advisory for the next two to three days due to a water main break.
The water main broke around 10:30 a.m. Monday during the installment of a new water hydrant and caused water in the whole town to be shut off, according to Deputy Clerk of Otterbein Betsy Jones.
“They couldn’t isolate just that section so that’s why the whole town had to be shut off,” Jones says.
Otterbein Elementary School was released just after noon Monday due to the water shutoff.
The water main has been fixed, but Jones says the boil advisory will be in place until the town administration receives test results for two water samples taken after the main was fixed.