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Elevated turbidity levels in Savannah's water system prompted a boil water advisory for city residents, parts of unincorporated Chatham County, and some Effingham County customers.

The turbidity was caused by a pipe interruption affecting a purifying chemical, but the issue was resolved Friday evening.

While turbidity itself isn't a health risk, it can hinder disinfection and potentially harbor microbes.

Staff at Savannah's Industrial & Domestic Water Treatment Plant began seeing elevated turbidity, or cloudiness, in its internal monitoring around 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, said Savannah's Chief of Water Resources Ron Felder during a news media briefing Friday night.

The city issued a boil water advisory for a vast majority of its water customers at around 8 p.m.; im

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