There are still 2,500 to 3,000 homes without water in Pike County due to Saturday’s flooding, according to Greg May, chief operating officer for Utilities. Management Group, the company which oversees Mountain Water District, Several communities where service is available are under boil water advisories.

“We started out with about 15,000,” May said yesterday about the water outrages caused by flooding.

Company employees had managed to cut the number to 6,700 by Monday, and as of yesterday evening the number of homes without water was somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000, May said.

“We’re slowly getting it turned back on,” May said. “Hopefully we will have everyone back on by the end of the week.”

Mountain Water District issued boil water advisories Monday for the following areas in Pike County: Raccoon Creek, Burning Fork, Hardy, Blackberry, McCarr, Stone, Coburn Mountain, Big Creek (Meathouse, Pigeon Roost, Sidney, Dix Fork, Road Fork, Brunty Fork, Pipeyard Hollow), Route 612 at Turkey Creek — from the Church of Christ to Long Branch of Big Creek, Southside Mall, Forest Hills, Toler, U.S. 119 from Bent Mountain to CVS Pharmacy, including all side hollows, Aflex, Stringtown, Burnwell, Phelps from Pond Fork to Route 194, Widows Branch, Stopover, Majes-tic, Marrowbone from Ratliff Bottom to Rock-house Fork, All of Stone Coal, Joes Creek of Johns Creek from the intersection at Stone Coal to Deer Run Village.

A boil water advisory means that you should boil water at a rolling boil for at least three minutes prior to using it for cooking or drinking purposes.

Boiled or bottled water should be used for drinking, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes, bathing, and food preparation until further notice. Boiling kills bacteria and other organisms in the water.