Residents in Okmulgee are told to go easy on the water. Pressure is coming up after an 18-inch water line ruptured before daybreak on Tuesday.
Okmulgee City Emergency Manager Ken Anderson says that leak quickly drained the town's water tower. It forced the schools in Okmulgee to call off classes for Tuesday.
Crews used two other lines to refill the water tower and resume service. Residents are being urged to boil any water before consuming it, as a precaution, until the Department of Environmental Quality has a chance to test water samples.