Taxed by demands on the city's water system, two 200-foot water towers built by the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board to pressurize the city's drinking water failed to adequately do so on Sunday, leading to a one-day boil-water advisory for the entire east bank of the city.

A boil water advisory has been lifted for the majority of New Orleans. Limited parts of New Orleans East and Venetian Isles are still under boil water advisory: New Orleans East: Old Gentilly Rd from Jourdan Rd to Elaine St,

Some New Orleans' east bank residents remain under a boil water advisory Monday evening. Most can go back to using their tap water.