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Weekend power surge and water-main breaks prompt repairs; city coordinates paving and road rebuilds
Summary
City crews responded to a power surge at a booster station that caused multiple water-main breaks; staff reported repairs and outlined coordinated paving and road-rebuild work including Seavers Road and Eleventh Street main replacements.
City public-works staff told the Board of Public Works that a power surge at the 39 North booster station Friday night damaged variable-frequency drives, burned pumps and contributed to a deep main break near the Knoll Complex and a subsequent break at Plain and Rumley.
A public-works representative described the sequence: “Friday night around 06:30, we… had a power surge through our, 39 North booster station that took out all the VFDs inside there. And from them surging on and off … it burned the pumps up which creates…
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