Water Main Break Floods Hoboken Streets

Streets in Hoboken, New Jersey, were flooded on February 27, following a water main break that day.

According to Veolia Water North Jersey, the main broke at Madison Street and Observer Highway “after contractors working for another utility struck the line.”

Veolia Water announced it isolated the break on Tuesday evening and said it was fully repaired and operating as of late Wednesday morning.

The city was placed under a state of emergency on Monday and a boil-water advisory was issued on Tuesday evening.

The Hoboken Office of Emergency Management (HOEM) provided a list of portable toilet locations and said drinkable bottled water was available at the Public Works Garage located at Observer Highway and Willow Avenue.

HOEM advised residents to run their faucets for “at least five minutes” as service was restored and the boil-water advisory was still in place as of Wednesday afternoon.

Video filmed by Twitter user @polinchock shows flooded Hoboken streets on Monday night. Credit: @polinchock via Storyful

Video transcript

- Hey, it's Old Guy out here in Jersey City at Observer Highway. Of course, if you're in this neck of the woods you know there's been a water main break. And there's a lot of flooding here at Grove and Observer, so be careful.

Hey, it's Old Guy out here in Jersey City at Observer Highway. Of course, if you're in this neck of the woods you know there's been a water main break. And there's a lot of flooding here at Grove and Observer, so be careful.

Hey, it's Old Guy out here in Jersey City at Observer Highway. Of course, if you're in this neck of the woods you know there's been a water main break. And there's a lot of flooding here at Grove and Observer, so be careful.

Hey, it's Old Guy out here in Jersey City at Observer Highway. Of course, if you're in this neck of the woods you know there's been a water main break. And there's a lot of flooding here at Grove and Observer, so be careful.