MANHATTAN- A power outage at the water treatment plant on Monday led to temporary emergency water conservation in Manhattan.

City staff restored power just before 8 a.m. and now personnel are checking the systems and monitoring them to ensure there is enough water in the towers, according to Assistant Director of Public Works Water & Wastewater Randy DeWitt.

Since the outage, The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued a boil water advisory for City of Manhattan public water supply located in Riley County.

The power outage resulted in a loss of pressure, according to KDHE and the low pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.