Boil water order lifted in east St. Mary

A boil water advisory has been lifted for areas in unincorporated eastern St. Mary Parish.
Brian Tabor, operations manager for St. Mary Parish Water and Sewer Commission No. 1 in Amelia, said Thursday morning that water samples sent to the state Department of Health were deemed favorable.
That means it is safe for those in areas under the advisory, from the Greenwood Overpass to around Conrad Shipyard's Amelia facility, to drink the water.
The advisory had been in effect after a water line was busted Monday after 5 p.m. by a local company doing electrical work that didn't realize a line was present. While the water main was fixed, a boil water was issued until the state Department of Health gave approval on water test samples taken in the affected area.