Crews work to repair major water main break in West Palm Beach

Crews were still busy Friday afternoon working to repair a water main break Friday, but a boil water notice is expected to be in place for a few days.

CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCELATE LAST NIGHT TO FIX A WATERMAIN BREAK THAT CAUSEDEXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND FLOODING.WPTV NEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S CHRISGILMORE IS LIVE AT TAMARINDAND 5TH STREET NEAR THE BREAKWITH MORE ON THE IMPACT FOR SOMANY.ITHERE AND EASY TO SPOT WHERETHE 24 IN MAIN BREAK IS.

INCONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY MAYORKEITH JAMES SAYS THE PIPEITSELF IS 100 YEARS OLD ANDTHE BREAK MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSEDBY AGE OR THE RECENT CHANGETEMPERATURE WE<< PKG 11 PM LAST NIGHT ISWHEN PEOPLE LIVING NEARTAMARIND AND 5TH IN WPBSTARTED TO NOTICE SOMETHINGWAS OFF.

BLANCA TWOHILL/WPBRESIDENT 24S“AROUND 11 THEPOLICE WERE OVER HERE 1130BLANCA TWOHILL LIVES NEAR ANDWAS ON HER WAY HOME AT THETIME... SHE SOON SAW THEREASON FOR THE COMMOTION.

1M6SI JUST SAW THE FLOOD AND THEHOUSE AND THE STREET YOUCOULDNNEXT MORNING MAYOR KEITH JAMESSHED SOME LIGHT ON THE WATERMAIN BREAK BEHIND THE FLOODINGAND SUDDEN DROP IN WATERPRESSURE AT A NEARBY WATERPLANT.

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SIMPLY AGE WE ARE ACITY THAT IS 125 YEARS OLD ASARE OUR PIPES, THE COLD TEMPSWEALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.JAMES SAYS THE LAST TIME THEPIPE THAT BURST WAS CHECKEDWAS 6 MONTHS AGO.

THE MAYORADDS THERE IS A PLAN TO ADJUSTTHE AGING INFRASTRUCTUREINCLUDING A 22 MILLION DOLLARPLAN FOR THE TAMARIND AND 7THAVENUE CORRIDOR WHERE THE MOSTRECENT BREAK OCCURRED.

NEARBYRESIDENTS WERE STILL REPORTINGISSUES THIS MORNING.

TWOHILL138 THERE WAS STILL THE WATEROVER THERE AND WHEN I WASTAKING A SHOWER THIS MORNINGTHE PRESSURE OF THE WATERDIDNCITY LEADERS SAY REPAIRS TOTHE PIPE SHOULD BE DONE BY THEEND OF THE BUSINESS DAY.

BUT ABOIL WATER NOTICE WILL STAY INPLACE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 48HOURS.