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Residents on Cloverdale Avenue, North Chase Street — north of Cloverdale, and some homes on Jansen Avenue were impacted. “Our intention was to try to do [the repairs] under pressure, which would have prevented a boil water, but we weren't able to do that so we had to shut the line down,” City Engineer Chris Vose said. “[The break] interrupted service to the homes on Cloverdale, the homes that are on North Chase Street — north of the Cloverdale intersection — [and] between there and where the back parking lot of the former Jansen Ave.
school is. Then there were three homes on Jansen Ave. that were also affected.
” Mayor Amy Praught attributed the cracked pipe to the country’s aging infrastructure. “Any municipality you talk to — probably in the country — will tell you we have aging infrastructure,” Praught said. “When you get cold weather, and then it warms up and it gets cold again, it can cause pipes to expand and crack.
It wasn't a large leak, but it was still a leak that had to be repaired.” Vose said the water service was interrupted for about four hours, and was restored at about 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday. He said the repairs were routine for the department and affected residents received a door tag notifying them. “We apologize to anybody who was affected,” Vose said.
“If you did not receive a door tag, you're not affected by the boil water [warning], because we were able to keep water service to your property. Those affected residents will also receive a second door tag once the boil water is lifted and we'll post updates on the city's Facebook .” In order for the boil water advisory to be lifted, the department needs to take two clean bacteria samples 24 hours apart from one another to ensure the water line is clean.
The first was to be taken Wednesday, and the second is set to be taken on Thursday. Vose said the test results are expected to take about a day to get back. Vose hopes to lift the warning by Friday during normal business hours.
Affected residents should boil any tap water intended for consumption for the remainder of the advisory, Vose said. Any questions should be directed to the city engineer’s office at 518-736-4014..
