BATON ROUGE - Multiple parish governments are requesting residents use water only when it is essential to help alleviate an increased demand, while others have declared boil water advisories.

Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, East Baton Rouge and West Baton Rouge parishes, along with the Town of Berwick, are asking residents to only use water when necessary to prevent further issues with water pressure.

Officials said that to ensure water is available for everyone, stop dripping your faucets during the day, telling them to resume dripping them when the temperatures drop again in the evening and to only use water when necessary. 

Limiting water use can prevent a boil advisory from being issues and ensuring any first responders have access to water if they need to respond to an emergency. 

The Town of Jackson issued a boil advisory Thursday after a chlorine pump failed. St. John the Baptist and east Iberville parishes also issued advisories. Residents should not consume the water until it has been boiled. The orders will be lifted after state health department tests come back clear.