The Haledon community hasn’t had a sense of normalcy since the morning of Aug. 8 - that's when a water main break in Paterson affected the water supply.

Monday marked Day 18 of water disruptions from a water main break not far from Paterson Great Falls. A boil water advisory remains in effect until further notice, according to the Haledon Office of Emergency Management.

Businesses and residents are ready for this issue to be in the past.

For most of August, Haledon and North Haledon residents have had to add water distribution pickup to their routines.

Among those in line Monday was Aricelly Flores.

“I wish we had more information, but I try to give grace to the people handling the situation,” said Flores. “Hopefully they can figure it out sooner rather than later.”

Jolene Oldham also came by the recreation center off Roe Street Monday for water pickup.

She's thankful conditions have improved from early August.

“At the beginning, I would go down to Molly Brook stream and get a bucket of water to flush my toilet,” said Oldham.

But the boil water advisory hasn't made life much better.

"To boil water in a small apartment it gets so hot, drives up my electricity bill because I want to run the air conditioner,” said Oldham.

A boil water advisory also doesn’t put businesses in the clear, just ask Peter Tyleutki, the manager of Jimmy Geez Sports Bar & Grill.

“Not much has changed because it’s contaminated water,” said Tyleutki. “We’re still under a boil advisory.”

Though they have potable water, it comes with a price.

“The average to fill it up it’s like $500 a day," said said Tyleutki. "We’re a mom-and-pop operation, that’s a lot for us.”

“I’m 41 years old and this is the first time I’ve had to deal with anything to this degree," said David Brogan, a patron at the bar. "I don’t understand why it’s taking too long.”

The Passaic Valley Water Commission and the state's Department of Environmental Protection are working with the Manchester Public Water Authority on flushing the whole water system, but the program's completion is fluid at this time.

More recently, another Paterson water main break popped up at North First and Arch streets.

Passaic Valley Water Commission has restored service to Paterson’s Riverside section. Work is still being done for the Borough of Fair Lawn.

Haledon and North Haledon aren't affected by that latest break.

“PVWC officials said that in order to repair this latest water main break, they had to pause the large-scale flushing program that was being done to clean the water from the Aug. 8 break.”