Crews return to Village District to fix second water main break
FELON FORTUNATELY, THE VICTIM
IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
>> CARLY, THANK YOU. SO HERE WE
GO AGAIN FOR THE SECOND DAY.
NOW, A WATER MAIN BREAK.
CHECK IT OUT HERE. THIS IS
CLOSE PARTS NOW. CAMERON
STREET, RIGHT? THE VILLAGE
DISTRICT SKY 5 OVER THAT SCENE
IS THE WIDER A WATER PIPE SHOT
WATER OUT INTO THE AIR THIS
MORNING. PRETTY DRAMATIC.
THINK MUCH WATER THAT IS SO
WRAL'S. FLYNN SCHNEIDER IS LIVE
NOW AS THE REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY
AND FLYNN, SOME OF THE LEADERS
DOWN THERE JUST BLAMING THE AGE
OF THESE PIPES SOME DECADES
AND DECADES OLD.
>> YEAH, DAN, HERE WE GO AGAIN.
RALLY WATER OFFICIALS SAY THE
PIPES THAT ARE TO BLAME FOR THE
MESS THIS MORNING. DATE BACK
TO WORLD WAR. 2, JUST A LITTLE
BIT OF AN UPDATE HERE. CREWS
HAVE JUST ABOUT PAST UP
IMPACTED PARTS OF CAMERON
STREET. THIS MORNING'S BREAK
HAPPENED JUST 10 FEET AWAY ON
THE SAME WATER LINE THAT CAUSED
DISRUPTIONS SIMILAR TO THIS
JUST YESTERDAY.
>> NO, IT'S NOT THE LATEST WAY.
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BEAT THE
HEAT. THIS TREE TURNED GUYS ARE
SHOOTING INTO THE AIR IS
ANOTHER WATER MAIN BREAK IN
BRONXVILLE. ITS DISTRICT IS THE
SAME LINE. IT'S MAYBE 10 FEET
AWAY FROM THE.
>> A FAILURE THAT WE HAD
YESTERDAY.
>> AND BOOKING WITH RALEIGH
WATER SAYS CREWS ARRIVED THIS
MORNING TO ABLE 60 YESTERDAY'S
BREAK, BUT THEY NOTICED MORE
WATER FLOWING ONTO THE ROAD.
HOW DOES THE SECOND MAIN BREAK
HAPPENED? IS THAT COMMON IS
THIS LADY SAYS THAT THE CLEAN.
>> I WON'T SAY IT'S COMMON, BUT
IT DOES HAPPEN. AND THAT'S
LARGELY BECAUSE THIS IS A 1948
BENT ITS WATER LINE. SO IT'S AT
THE END OF ITS SERVICE LIFE.
IT'S CAST. OUR MATERIAL IS
REAL. AND SO ONCE THEY START
TO CRACK. HAVE HOLES LIKE THIS.
OFTENTIMES IT'S JUST GOING TO
CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN A MINUTE.
>> WE'RE DIGGING TODAY REVEALED
OTHER POTENTIAL PROBLEM SPOTS
ON THE SAME WATER PIPE
DETERIORATED. THE OLD MINES
MEAN MORE SECTIONS PRONE TO
FAIL, ACCORDING TO BUCK IN THAT
SHOW, YOU THAT'S PROBABLY GOING
TO BREAK. WE WOULD FIX THAT
ONE. ANOTHER WANT TO BREAK.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PLAY
EXTRA A LITTLE WAYS
>> ARE WE ARE SO MAKE SURE WE
GET ALL THOSE AREAS OF THE
WEEK.
>> IT'S A BUCK IN SAYS A LARGE
PART OF THE WATER PIPE
UNDERGROUND HERE WILL HAVE TO
BE REPLACED. THAT WORK STILL
ONGOING RIGHT NOW FOR THE
SECOND DAY IN A ROW. PARTS OF
CAMERON STREET HAVE REMAINED
CLOSED FOR HOURS DURING THE
DAY. WHILE CREWS PATCH UP THE
IMPACT OF PARTS OF THE ROAD.
THE ROW HERE ON CAMERON STREET
EXPECTED TO REOPEN WITHIN THE
HOUR AROUND 5 THIS EVENING.