City of Columbus, Kansas

Just a reminder that the last day to pay utility bills to avoid service disconnection is the 25th day of each month.

**UPDATE 3:05 PM - Water pressure is being restored - should be back to normal in about a half hour. Thank you for your patience and apologies for the inconvenience.

Public works crews are back on this project today. Customers in east town may experience low/no water pressure until approximately noon today (06/22) while repairs are ongoing.

**UPDATE Work on this project is paused for the remainder of the day today, 06/17/26. We will resume the repair efforts tomorrow morning, 06/18/26, at 8 AM.

City crews will begin working to repair a leaking fire hydrant in east town in the next few minutes. While repairs are ongoing, customers in east town will experience a temporary disruption or loss of water pressure. The repair is anticipated to take a couple of hours. We will update this post once repairs are made and normal pressure is restored.

City Hall will be closed on Friday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth. If your trash is normally picked up on Fridays, we'll pick it up tomorrow.

The boil water advisory for the City of Columbus has been rescinded. It is safe to use and consume water as normal. We appreciate your patience through this challenging time and apologize for the inconvenience.

**UPDATE Work on this project is paused for the remainder of the day today, 06/17/26. We will resume the repair efforts tomorrow morning, 06/18/26, at 8 AM.

City crews will begin working to repair a leaking fire hydrant in east town in the next few minutes. While repairs are ongoing, customers in east town will experience a temporary disruption or loss of water pressure. The repair is anticipated to take a couple of hours. We will update this post once repairs are made and normal pressure is restored.

**UPDATE 9:08 AM**

We are now in the process of restoring water pressure. Customers should experience normal water pressure within a couple of hours.

Please be advised the boil water advisory will remain in effect as a precaution until laboratory testing confirms the absence of biological contaminants in our water supply.

Once again we apologize for the inconvenience and will post updates if the situation changes.

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A boil water advisory has been issued by KDHE in connection with the major water leak reported earlier. Please read this press release carefully and exercise caution when using water until the boil water advisory is lifted.

Crews are still actively working to repair the leak and restore water pressure. We are aware that most of the community is completely without pressure at the moment. As soon as updates are available, we will post them. We apologize for the inconvenience.

City crews are working to repair a major water leak at this time. Water pressure for most customers will be limited until repairs have been made. Please monitor this post for updates. We apologize for the inconvenience.

UPDATE 8:21 AM**
A boil water advisory has been issued in connection with this incident. More details can be found on another post made on our page. Crews are actively working to restore water pressure.

**UPDATE 9:08 AM**
We are now in the process of restoring water pressure. Customers should experience normal water pressure within a couple of hours.

Please be advised the boil water advisory will remain in effect as a precaution until laboratory testing confirms the absence of biological contaminants in our water supply.

Once again we apologize for the inconvenience and will post updates if the situation changes.