In Dayton, a water main break results in unknown number of dry faucets

: -Messenger photo by Hans Madsen City of Dayton crews working to repair a broken water main prepare to enlarge their excavation as they search for the leak Thursday morning at the intersection of First Street Southwest and First Avenue SW. The City of Dayton also issued a boil advisory for the town until further notice.

: -Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Crew stand by as another worker uses a skid loader mounted jack hammer to break open another section of pavement as they search for a water main leak in Dayton Thursday morning.

: -Messenger photo by Hans Madsen As a gas powered pump removes muddy water from a hole in the street crews plan their next move as they work to repair a water main break in Dayton Thursday morning.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen City of Dayton crews working to repair a broken water main prepare to enlarge their excavation as they search for the leak Thursday morning at the intersection of First Street Southwest and First Avenue SW. The City of Dayton also issued a boil advisory for the town until further notice.

DAYTON — Many Dayton residents spent part of Thursday without water after a water main broke in the area of First Avenue Southwest and First Street Southwest.

But the city declined to talk about what happened.

Dayton Mayor Brent Brunner did not return multiple phone calls Thursday seeking information on the extent of the outage or any other details.

And workers in the Dayton City Hall stated that they were not allowed to comment about the incident on the record to the media.

Dayton Public Works crews were working to repair the water main Thursday morning, excavating a hole in the intersection to reach the main.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Crew stand by as another worker uses a skid loader mounted jack hammer to break open another section of pavement as they search for a water main leak in Dayton Thursday morning.

A boil advisory was also issued for the city by Police Chief Nick Dunbar.

Dunbar said the order would remain in effect until the results of water testing are known. He said that could be as early as Saturday.

Until then, residents are advised to use bottled water for cooking and drinking.

Dunbar said he was not sure how widespread the water outage was.

He said that the Dayton Elementary School had water, but much of the south side of town did not.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen As a gas powered pump removes muddy water from a hole in the street crews plan their next move as they work to repair a water main break in Dayton Thursday morning.

Residents on the northeast side of Dayton reported not having water until service was restored at about 2 p.m.

In Dayton, a water main break results in unknown number of dry faucets