Water running again in Blaine after 2nd outage this year, schools closed Monday
Updated 9:21 p.m. | Published 8 p.m.
Water pumps are running in Blaine, and the city reports it's working to restore full water pressure to homes and businesses.
However, Blaine schools will be closed Monday, Feb. 13. The district says it's closing schools because of water supply issues and classes will likely resume Tuesday, after further testing.
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Around 5 p.m. Sunday, residents and businesses began reporting a drop in water pressure. The city then opened an emergency operations center.
City officials say it's unknown if Sunday's outage is related to last month's loss of water.
Five weeks ago on Sunday, Jan. 8, the city reported an early morning failure of the city's water delivery system. Schools were closed the following Monday and residents were urged to boil their water.
Blaine has around 64,000 residents.