News release from the City of Asheville:
The City of Asheville continues to provide Tropical Storm Helene recovery resource updates on a daily basis.
Preventing Frozen Pipes
Below freezing temperatures are expected over the weekend. Here are some tips to prevent frozen water pipes in your home. Find more information on this page: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/department/water/additional-information/
Disconnect and drain all garden hoses and install covers on outside faucets.
Keep garage doors closed if there are water supply lines in the garage.
Open kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors to allow warmer air to circulate around the plumbing.
Identify the location of the main water valve and the valve on your water heater. (Learning the location of these valves may come in handy during an emergency.)
Wrap pipes nearest exterior walls and in crawl spaces with pipe insulation or heating tape. This will prevent freezing, especially for interior pipes that run along outside walls.
Keep the thermostat set to the same temperature both during the day and at night. By temporarily suspending the use of lower nighttime temperatures, you may incur a higher heating bill, but you can prevent a much more costly repair job if pipes freeze and burst.
Close all windows near water pipes; cover or close open-air vents. Freezing temperatures combined with wind drafts can cause pipes to freeze more frequently.
During really cold weather, open the cold water tap and let the water run at a trickle to keep the water in the pipes moving.
Food and water distribution and community care stations will close on December 2
Community Care Stations and water distribution sites will be closed on Thursday for the holiday, but they will reopen on Friday.
Important changes coming to both community care stations and water distribution sites:
At the end of the day on Dec. 2, all water distribution sites and community care stations in both the City and County will close, with the exception of four community care stations in the most impacted communities:
Morgan Hill Baptist Church, 594 Barnardsville Highway
Bethel United Methodist, 1050 Riceville Road
Owen Pool, 117 Stone Drive, Swannanoa
Fairview Ingles at 225 Charlotte Highway by Reynolds High Community Care Stations and water distribution sites will be closed on Thursday for the holiday, but they will reopen on Friday.
Storm debris removal updates
The City of Asheville storm debris collection contractor continues to rotate throughout the city, focusing on collecting in areas with high concentrations of storm debris. As of end of day November 27, debris contractors have collected 133,896.5 cubic yards of storm debris. Debris collection will continue across the city, including in city-owned parks, until all storm debris in the right-of-way and on public property has been collected.
Please do not park cars in front of storm debris so trucks can access it.
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