A new leak was discovered blocks away from the 60-inch water main that failed March 18.
(Updated 3:40 p.m.) One week after the massive water main break at Connecticut Avenue and Chevy Chase Lake Drive, another leak was discovered in a pipe joint of 54-inch-wide main only a few blocks away. According to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, a leak was found in a wooded area near the 3200 block of Coquelin Terrace. A resident reported the leak to WSSC after seeing water on the ground Monday afternoon. WSSC said there were no reports of water outages and that there was no need for water use restrictions. The leaking pipe was connected to the 60-inch water main that failed March 18. Both pipes were equipped with an acoustic fiber optic system to alert WSSC of impending breaks. The system did not alert WSSC of the either of…
Water restrictions remain for Montgomery and Prince George's counties until repairs to the Chevy Chase Lake water main are complete, a process that whih could take several days.
Repairs to a 60-inch water main that spewed 60 million gallons of water in to the air Monday night continued Thursday in Chevy Chase. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission crews removed the damaged 20-foot section of pipe and are working to weld a new section, according to a WSSC statement issued at noon Thursday. The water main, on Connecticut Avenue near Chevy Chase Lake Drive, burst at around 8 p.m. Monday, gushing 100 feet into the air. But equipment designed to alert WSSC of an impending break did not transmit a warning, The Washington Post reported. Read more about the anatomy of a water main break on The Washington Post's website. Fixing the water main could take several days, according to WSSC. WSSC issued mandatory water …
A roundup of the top headlines in Montgomery County this past week.
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