Lawrence City crews repair 16-inch water main break; boil advisory issued and lifted after tests

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City staff reported a 16-inch PVC water main split at the 50 Ninth Street Water Treatment Plant during the early hours of Saturday, March 15. Crews isolated and repaired the pipe, a citywide boil-water advisory was issued as a precaution and samples were sent to a third-party lab before normal service resumed.

City staff reported that a 16-inch water main split at the 50 Ninth Street Water Treatment Plant in the early hours of Saturday, March 15, prompting a precautionary citywide boil-water advisory that was lifted after laboratory results returned.

A staff member presenting to the meeting said, "As you're aware, Saturday, March 15 in the early morning, our water system experienced low pressure. The on call phone started receiving calls at around 12:30 to 12:40AM in the morning. Andy Hall, the director of operations, was notified by 12:45 of the situation." The presenter said crews called in 13 employees to search for the break and located it "within an hour" inside the fenced area directly in front of the plant.

The speaker said the destroyed pipe was a 16-inch PVC with a "longitudinal split…

Lawrence City crews repair 16-inch water main break; boil advisory issued and lifted after tests

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