Line Break Disrupts South Park Water Service
POSTED: 9:32 am PST February 9, 2010
UPDATED: 12:33 pm PST February 9, 2010
SAN DIEGO -- All but a half-dozen of about 250 South Park-area homes left without water service overnight due to a pipeline break were back on line late Tuesday morning.The ruptured 12-inch-diameter cast-iron main in the 2300 block of Boundary Street was reported about 7:30 p.m. Monday, according to the San Diego Water Department.Crews worked through the night to shut off the resulting overflow from the broken pipe, getting the problem under control shortly before 8:30 a.m., SDWD spokesman Arian Collins said. No structural flooding was reported.The city sent in four "water wagons" to serve affected residents.By 11 a.m., only six homes on Pentuckett Avenue remained without working plumbing, according to Collins. Crews expected to water service restored to those residences by early evening, he said.
Copyright 2010 by City News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
The following are comments from our users. Opinions expressed are neither created nor endorsed by 10News.com. By posting a comment you agree to accept our Terms of Use. Comments are moderated by the community. To report an offensive or otherwise inappropriate comment, click the "Flag" link that appears beneath that comment. Comments that are flagged by a set number of users will be automatically removed.
