Montclair Water Bureau

The break adds to concerns about the impact redevelopment will have on infrastructure surrounding Lackawanna.

Police officers are diverting traffic to Gates Avenue and Lackawanna Plaza.

A boil water alert has been issued for the area and is expected to last until at least Tuesday.

Residents in the affected area were instructed to boil tap water before using.

Montclair officials are working to determine how many water service lines may be bringing lead into homes and other properties, so the lines can be replaced over the next decade.

Montclair residents will see a new quarterly charge on their water bill beginning in July.

Montclair residents will see a new charge in their water bill in July, increasing water costs by between $25 and $62.25 a quarter for most households.

Montclair residents are expected to see another charge to their water bill that will increase water costs by between $25 and $62.25 a quarter for most households. The new addition will add an infrastructure charge.

Montclair typically sees nine water breaks a year, said Gary Obszarny, director of the Water Bureau. Several factors contribute to the breaks, Obszarny said, including vibrations from road pavement equipment, temperature fluxes and freeze/thaw periods in the winter. And much of Montclair’s water piping is between 80 and 100 years old, if not older, he added.