Asheville, North Carolina, residents could have a boil water notice lifted as soon as Tuesday, more than seven weeks after Hurricane Helene struck on September 27.

The town of Black Mountain, North Carolina, also lifted its boil water notice Monday afternoon for all town customers.More information can be found here.Sign up for our NewslettersUPDATE - 1 p.m.: The city of Asheville released this information about the lifting of its boil water notice: "The City of Asheville Water Resources Department is officially lifting the Boil Water Notice first issued after Hurricane Helene.

The possibility of drinkable water being restored by Wednesday next week speeds up the timeline by nearly a month. Water Resources estimated earlier in November that the boil water notice could be lifted by mid-December.

Asheville, North Carolina, residents now have safe drinking water after a boil notice was lifted Monday, more than seven weeks after Tropical Storm Helene struck on September 27.

Asheville residents were told Monday that the water is safe to drink again nearly two months after Hurricane Helene caused flooding and damaged the water system.

The boil water advisory for city residents has been lifted after Tropical Storm Helene damaged the city's distribution system a month and a half ago.

Residents of North Carolina’s most populous mountain city are no longer under a boil water notice, Asheville officials announced on Monday. Extensive rain and flooding from Hurricane Helene on seven-plus weeks ago severely damaged a bypass line at the North Fork Reservoir,

More than seven weeks after Helene forced all residents of Asheville, North Carolina, to boil their water before using, the city has lifted the boil water notice.

Asheville’s boil water advisory was lifted on Monday, Nov. 18, nearly two months after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on the western region of North Carolina. The advisory went into effect over 50 days ago.