Some Demorest residents may experience water outage on Wednesday

A water valve repair in Demorest at Holly Street and Pine Street will shut water off to several residents beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2. (Jerry Neace/NowHabersham.com)

The city of Demorest has issued an alert to residents that they may experience little to no water beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 2.

The streets that will be affected by the water outage are Holly Street, Cedar Avenue, Blue Ridge Avenue, Indiana Blvd, Porter Street, and Tennessee Street.

(Jerry Neace/NowHabersham.com)

According to City Manager Mark Musselwhite, Holly Street will be reduced to one lane while work crews repair a leaking water valve at the intersection of Holly and Pine Streets.

The repairs will take approximately four hours to complete. A boil water advisory will be issued for the affected areas.