Boil water advisory hits southern Prince George's County after main break
A 16-inch main break near Livingston Road left about 3,600 customers in Accokeek and Clinton under a boil water advisory.
WSSC Water ordered a boil water advisory for parts of southern Prince George’s County after a 16-inch water main broke near 14251 Livingston Road in Clinton, cutting pressure and raising contamination concerns for about 3,600 customers in Accokeek and Clinton.
The utility said the break happened shortly after 5 p.m. July 2 and that the advisory was issued about 8 p.m. the same night. As of the July 3 morning update, the warning was still in effect, and customers in the affected area were told to bring tap water to a rolling boil for one minute before drinking it or using it for anything meant to be consumed.
WSSC Water opened a bottled-water distribution station at Accokeek Academy, 14400 Berry Road in Accokeek, to give residents a backup supply while the main break was being addressed. The station was set to reopen July 3 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with three gallons of bottled water provided per vehicle.
The advisory put a spotlight on how quickly a localized failure can ripple through daily life in southern Prince George’s County, where water service touches homes, businesses, schools and other public facilities across the Accokeek and Clinton areas. WSSC Water serves more than 1.9 million customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and maintains more than 5,800 miles of water mains, a system large enough that a single break can still disrupt entire neighborhoods.
The latest alert also followed a larger boil water advisory in July 2025, when a separate 16-inch main break left about 11,200 customers in Hyattsville, Cheverly, Seat Pleasant, Capitol Heights and nearby communities under a similar warning. Together, the two incidents show that main breaks remain a recurring vulnerability in Prince George’s County, where pressure loss can quickly force families and businesses to rely on bottled water until testing and repairs restore confidence in the system.
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