Residents, Businesses Affected After Multiple Water Main Breaks
Apr 17, 2019, 7:27 AM | Updated: 1:12 pm
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Crews were busy Wednesday working to repair water main breaks across Salt Lake City and Millcreek that created muddy messes and closed businesses.
The biggest main break was on Highland Drive at approximately 3205 South in Millcreek. Public utility crews have been working to mitigate all the water main breaks, all of which happened within a 14-hour span.
Officials said each break is being investigated individually.
Water pressure has been throttled in some areas and is still operating, but service has been interrupted for others. Some residents and businesses, like Crown Burger off Highland Drive, were still without water at noon. Others have been repaired, but it will be a couple days before everything is back to normal, authorities said.
Now @SLCPU working on a water main break and a sinkhole on Highland Drive #KSLTV pic.twitter.com/8E1HscHHCP
— Derek Petersen (@Derek_Photog) April 17, 2019
“We have two right now that have been repaired,” said Holly Mullen with Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities. “… They may or may not be related. We’ll be investigating that to find out.”
The pipes along Highland Drive are Salt Lake City’s, but because the break happened in Millcreek, their city’s engineering department was on scene to make sure the roads are put back to their standard.
Officials said the pipes along Highland were installed in 1926.
Officials have asked drivers to avoid the area if possible. If residents have to drive in the area, they’re asked to do so with caution while crews make the repairs.
