Oswego, N.Y. - About 1,700 Oswego city residents will remain under a boil and conserve water advisory until at least Thursday evening or Friday caused by a water main break.

That means the residents will have been under the advisory for a week since the water main break on Thursday.

The final repairs have been delayed because the city had to wait for a replacement pipe, Oswego Mayor Robert Corradino said Tuesday.

The main broke at 11 p.m. Thursday when city workers were replacing two old water lines with a 16-inch line while working on an $8 million infrastructure project, Corradino said.

“When you’re attaching a 16-inch water line to older pipes, the pressure is greater,” Corradino said. “There’s potential for valves and older pipes to break.”

Workers fixed the break but had to

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