After a meeting with the Office of Emergency Management on the water emergency situation in Monmouth County, Gov. Chris Christie held a press conference at the Wolf Hill Recreation Area, an Oceanport site where bottled water was being distributed for free to the public. He urged customers of New Jersey American Water in Monmouth County to conserve water and cease outdoor water use, as the company works to repair mains that broke Friday at the Swimming River Reservoir.

On Friday, a bridge holding three large water mains collapsed at the New Jersey American Water’s Swimming River Water Treatment Plant disrupting the distribution of water throughout Monmouth County.

Gov. Chris Christie said the water company expects the repairs to be completed by sometime on July 4. “This is about the lousiest time of year this could happen,” he said, referring to the summer heat wave.

The Monmouth County Office of Emergency Management and the New Jersey American Water Company is continuing to coordinate the distribution of cases of water to residents of the 22 communities affected by the current water emergency

Three locations will open for water distribution Sunday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The locations will remain open until the supply is depleted. There is a limit of one case of water per vehicle.

The locations are:

• Middletown North High School, 63 Tindall Road, Middletown
• Middletown South High School, 900 Nut Swamp Rd, Middletown
• Wolf Hill Recreation Area, 3 Crescent Place, Oceanport

Twenty two towns serviced by New Jersey American Water Co. are under a boil-water advisory. The affected towns are Aberdeen, Fair Haven, Highlands, Holmdel, Little Silver, Middletown, Rumson, Oceanport, Sea Bright, Tinton Falls, Shrewsbury, Long Branch, Eatontown, West Long Branch, Deal, Allenhurst, Loch Arbor, Neptune, Monmouth Beach, Lake Como and Shrewsbury and Ocean townships.