Water Main Break @ Mars & Athens

Margaret Brinich · Post by **Margaret Brinich** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:49 pm

The cold temps finally got to the pipes at Mars & Athens yesterday as water bubbled up and quickly froze into a dangerous ice slick. Crews were onsite working tirelessly into the night, but after breaking 2 drill bits while trying to fix the water main break, they finally had to call it quits until they could get a new part in to continue working this morning.

: Water continued to gush up onto Athens all night.; 2014-01-29 20.23.38.jpg (44.34 KiB) Viewed 796 times

Kudos to the crew members for their attempts, and who were undoubtedly extremely uncomfortable as they were being sprayed with water in these freezing temperatures.

: Crews worked late into the bitterly cold night trying to repair the water main, but to no avail.; photo (4).JPG (431.57 KiB) Viewed 796 times

Unfortunately for the neighbors whose driveways run out onto Athens, the running water over night created a chaotic morning, with one having to pour buckets of hot water around their tires as the car had literally frozen into the ice!!!

: Trying to back out of the driveway and get off of Athens was next to impossible for the residents. Several neighbors got stuck on their way to work.; 2014-01-30 08.28.32.jpg (53.49 KiB) Viewed 796 times

Hoping the street gets cleaned up soon as it was quite treacherous, especially for all the students walking to Hayes Elementary this morning with school back in session!