Associated Press

PATERSON — Water pressure was improving Tuesday for thousands of frustrated residents in a northern New Jersey city with little or no service since a water main break late last week, but a boil water advisory for nearly 200,000 customers remained in effect.

Improvement began hours after crews isolated the leak Monday night, though officials said Tuesday that they still have not reached the broken main, which is some 30 feet underground in Paterson. Service was expected to slowly improve during the day Tuesday, but authorities warned that residents in highly elevated areas will have to wait longer.

Repairs were ongoing Tuesday in the state’s third-largest city, but it was unclear when the work would be completed.

“We did isolate the leak, significantly isolated it. Ther

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