Update: No more plans to cut off water in Beaufort County ahead of Hurricane Dorian
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story said that water would be turned off in some parts of Beaufort County. That planned was changed after the 2p.m. weather forecast for Hurricane Dorian.
Despite earlier plans to turn off water Tuesday night in more than a dozen locations in Beaufort County ahead of Hurricane Dorian, Beaufort-Jasper Water Sewer Authority has said there will no longer be any shutdowns for now.
The original plan was to turn off water in those areas because of the “projected storm surge from Hurricane Dorian,” an earlier news release said.
Those plans have been suspended based off current weather forecast, a BJWSA release said.
“We will continue to evaluate the cut-off list based on updates to the forecast and the anticipated storm surge,” the release added.
If the forecast changes and “the situation deteriorates,” BJWSA may shut off or restrict water in the following causeways:
▪ Bermuda Bluff
▪ Birdfoot Landing
▪ Callawassie Island
▪ Cat Island
▪ Coosaw Island
▪ Distant Island
▪ Vivian’s Island
▪ Harbor, Hunting and Fripp Islands
▪ Horse Island Drive
▪ Kingston Key Drive
▪ Myrtle Island Drive
▪ Pine Island
▪ Tansi Village
▪ Warsaw Island
The release said BJWSA will try to give customers will get as much advance warning as possible.
“The purpose of a water restriction is to avoid a catastrophic loss of water system pressure should a failure of the pipeline within a causeway occur due to the effects of the hurricane,” the release said. “Should we implement restrictions, customers in these areas will still have water service but may experience lower water pressure.”
This story was originally published September 3, 2019 at 11:00 AM.
