Alex Morse

Restaurants were forced to closed and people are being asked not to flush their toilets due to a sewer issue.

Officials anticipate needing up to 48 hours to make repairs to the vacuum system and get it running as normal, Town Manager Alex Morse said in a statement.

A sewer emergency is in place in Provincetown, Massachusetts, requiring many of the popular tourist location’s restaurants to close. Some residents were asked to refrain from flushing their toilets or showering except when necessary, and public restrooms were being replaced with port-a-potties. Any food or restaurant business that is using its vacuum sewer system must immediately close, the town...