Byrdstown Workers Repair Water Main Break On Main Street

Byrdstown employees were battling a large water main break that was fully repaired early Wednesday morning.

Mayor Sam Gibson said a six-inch line broke around 7:00 p.m. Tuesday on North Main Street. Gibson said after an initial repair, a second break on the same line occurred a few hours later.

“Any time you have a lot of rain at one time and then have a lot of hot weather combined with that, the soil has a tendency to move a little bit,” Gibson said. “When that happens, you’re going to have more water leaks.”

Gibson said it was about 2:00 a.m. before the line was fully repaired. Gibson said the break would have impacted up to 300 customers, but city employees activated cut-off valves. Gibson said this limited the water outage to only about 25 customers.

“This is when our workers really earn,” Gibson said. “They get out any day or night and work on things even on weekends.”

Gibson said city employees are back in the field today continuing water meter replacements.