The Great Water Main Break of 2006
Update Monday 7/17 -- the Town has extended the mandatory outdoor-watering ban until Tuesday 7/18 at 6pm. They still need to replenish the tanks, but it appears that pressure has been restored. Lifetime Fitness was back open tonight, and packed as usual. I saw one electronic traffic temporary billboard installed on FM2499 at Gerault tonight, telling people not to water.
Perhaps you know by now the Town's under mandatory outdoor-watering restrictions from now at least until tomorrow night (Monday July 17) around 6pm. There was a water main break near Morriss and 1171 Saturday that closed down several businesses because they couldn't use water.
Even as late as 5pm today, Lifetime Fitness was closed because they weren't confident they'd have water for showers, drinking fountains and emergencies.
The only way I learned of the mandatory water restrictions is by clicking to the Town's official website, once I learned there might be a problem. I didn't see any other attempts to get the word out to the residents to stop outdoor watering. Did I miss something obvious?
We heard tonight that a few residents near the break didn't have satisfactory water pressure. How were you affected by the water main break?
posted by Chip Mahaney @ 9:40 PM
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4 Comments:
Oh, we had NO IDEA! Usually you post a link whenever you mention something that has a link... can you edit to include the town website? I'm sure I can find it myself, too, though.
I heard it on the 10pm news. I had just come in from turning off a sprinkler of all things! It would be good if the Town had a system in place whereby they can send a telephone and email message to residents.
I saw no change to my water pressure - I live off Simmons close to the lake.
I heard it here first. I don't watch much tv. Plus we have satellite so we don't get the town's tv channel. We had very little water pressure this morning at 5 am. Now I know why. We live on NW corner of FM 3040/2499.
Susan D
I had no idea this happened, but I did notice low water pressure when I was taking a shower about 2 am - but that has happened to me before in the middle of the night so I didn't think it was unusual. It would be nice if the Town had a way to let us know. I don't have cable and rarely watch TV... thanks for letting me know!
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