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Two Water Main Breaks In Chesterfield Shut Down Service Sunday
Residents were without water for seven hours in Rainy Lake, White Road areas.
Running water was restored to neighborhoods just south and east of by 8 p.m. Sunday after two water main breaks interrupted service for at least seven hours.
A geyser-like spout of water in front of a residence on White Road was the result of a water main break shortly after 1 p.m., according to a customer service representative from Missouri American Water.
The break occurred near this reporter's home. Workers were on the scene of the break on White Road soon after 2 p.m. My wife, Janis Greenbaum, spoke to workers on the scene of the break, who told her at about 2:30 p.m. that it may be three to four hours before water comes back on that stretch of White Road.
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Ann Dettmer, Missouri American spokeswoman, said about 10 homes in the Rainy Lake area experienced low water pressure from the burst pipe.
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A second main bursts
The White Road break was apparently closed off too quickly, workers said, resulting in high pressure further down the line that caused another main to break on Rainy Lake Drive in the Lake on White Road neighborhood.
Earlier, a representative from Missouri American Water told Chesterfield Patch that workers reported the water would be shut off for up to eight hours while repairs were made.
No boil
Dettmer said six hours for a water outage is typical. Residents should not need to boil water when pressure is restored. Workers on the scene of both leaks apparently purged the line of contaminated water by opening up fire hydrants and allowing water to flow into the streets.
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"We usually just tell them to run their faucets for a few minutes," Dettmer said.
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