[Durham INC] Durham Continues Water Main Break Repairs

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  April 1, 2009

 

Work Continues on Water Main Break Repairs
Water Service Restored to Customers; Hoover Road Remains Closed Between
Cheek Road and Southerland Street

 

Durham, N.C. - Motorists in the Hoover Road area of Durham will continue
to be rerouted while City of Durham crews repair breaks in two parallel
water lines.  

 

Due to the size of the water lines and extent of the breaks, further
repairs will be required and Hoover Road will remain closed to traffic
between Cheek Road and Southerland Street until the permanent repairs
can be completed.   Repair work is dependent on weather conditions,
which may delay the repairs for several days.

 

The report of the water line breaks came in Tuesday morning around 3
a.m. and the City's Water Management crews were dispatched to the scene
immediately.   As the crews worked, they discovered that both an 8-inch
line and a 20-inch line had broken.  

 

Approximately 50 customers were without water service until crews were
able to install new valves in the lines.  Staff reported that by
midnight Tuesday, service was restored to all customers. The initial
investigation has shown that the creek crossing under Hoover Road had
eroded the shoulder where the lines were located, causing the joints in
the two water lines to fail.  Despite the disruption in service, no
water quality impacts have been noted.

 

For more information about the water main breaks or ongoing repairs,
residents should contact Don Greeley, director, or Vicki Westbrook,
deputy director, with the City's Department of Water Management, at
(919) 560-4381.  

 

About the Department of Water Management

The City's Department of Water Management is responsible for the
operation and maintenance of Durham's water supply, water treatment and
water reclamation (wastewater treatment) facilities, the collection and
distribution systems (including meter reading), and customer billing
services.  For more information, visit www.durhamnc.gov/departments/wm.


 

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