Onondaga County Water Authority

Residents in six towns were asked to voluntarily restrict water use for the past week after a mandatory restrictions were lifted.

Heavy equipment has arrived and is helping with the repair of a large water supply pipe in Onondaga County. Water conservation is also helping. OCWA officials add severe weather could hamper efforts.

Onondaga County Water Authority customers in northeastern Onondaga and northwestern Madison Counties are being asked to conserve water while repairs are made.

The Onondaga County Water Authority is taking inventory of all 106,000 water service lines in its service territory.

Letters are going out to those who have not yet submitted their results to OCWA. The authority can also send an employee to help.

Customers can sign up for alerts via text, email, or phone call.

The authority marked the occasion of "National Imagine a Day Without Water" to encourage customers to check the material used for water pipe that enters their house.

The state already requires water be tested for dozens of contaminants.

Hundreds of new fire hydrants waiting to be installed by Onondaga County and the City of Syracuse might have to be scrapped next month, unless the EPA…