Working all day Monday and into Tuesday evening, Asheville Water Maintenance crews were able to restore water to to all customers in the Bee Tree Road area. Water was restored to half of the Bee Tree customers on Monday. The final repair to all of the Bee Tree customers affected by this outage happened around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

An estimated 300 Bee Tree Road area customers were without water, following a creek bank washout that caused a pipe to rupture during April 19-20 flooding. This occurred on Bee Tree Creek, a tributary of the Swannanoa River.

For safety reasons, waters had to recede before the repair could be made.

During the outage, the City of Asheville partnered with Buncombe County EOC and delivered bottled water to Swannanoa Fire Department for distribution.

Earlier story:

Water distributed to customers affected by Bee Tree outage

image of Bee Tree Lake Road flooding — A bank on Bee Tree Creek washed out, due to April 19-20 flooding, causing a pipe to break. This resulted in a water outage to customers in the Bee Tree Road area.

To assist customers impacted by the weekend waterline break on Bee Tree Road, the City of Asheville partnered with Buncombe County EOC and delivered bottled water to Swannanoa Fire Department for distribution.

An estimated 300 Bee Tree Road area customers remain without water, following a creek bank washout that caused a pipe to rupture during April 19-20 flooding. This occurred on Bee Tree Creek, a tributary of the Swannanoa River.

For safety reasons, waters will have to recede before a repair can be made. Water Resources crews are working to make a temporary repair today. Thank you for your patience. We sympathize with the inconvenience our customers have experienced.

To report a water outage any time of the day, please call Customer Service at 828-251-1122.