WATER SAGA (no photos to load hmmm)
Cindy wonders what caused our water problem. Time, weather, and an inactive City Council. It seems there has been a plan discussed for quite some time to fix our water lines...but the City Council didn't want to spend the bucko millions to replace and fix it all....so they authorized 3 mil to do it.....well....the city is GROWING. The pipes are not. We've had a drought. We had some leaks....when the crews went to dig up the area and fix the leaks - the main pipe burst apart....it has been split....but the dry, red clay was holding it together....this is supposed to be worse with rain and such. I find it funny that the dirt was holding it all together....When it rains after a long drought the ground shifts...so they had warned there could be some problems...but who guessed that the line was waiting beneath the surface - split?
Anyway, last word I had is that they've not begun to fix the main line yet...they are still trying to patch leaks and get pressure working....and things will be iffy here until at least Christmas (if everything goes well). I have no idea why the power is funky...but I checked and it is not just my house. ::snort::
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Well, I didn't know that it had burst, I thought it was still a leak, but Teresa B. got a message from the paper, where her DH works, that said they got the problem fixed at 7:45pm last night. I still have low pressure though, so I think not!
Yikes.... I know town budgets can be hard and all.... thinking back to the problems New Orlean faced for not fixing their levies properly... thinking that big of a storm would never hit their area.
Anyway... glad they're making some progress.
Here's the scoop....last SAturday a line burst...sending rocks and water into the homes where it burst...then we also had leaks. The main problem has been STOPPING the leaks and now they can begin to fix the main pipe. So YES - it IS FIXED - but the leaks are fixed - not the big problem.
Chick Fil A just called and they are having a giant tank with pump installed so they can open...so no...all the problems aren't fixed yet. LOL
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