Water Main Leak Affects Several Businesses On Interstate Drive

A water main leak on Interstate Drive Monday evening may cause some traffic woes as the issue is addressed.

Water Quality Control Director Barry Turner said the line is not a service line but a 10-inch water main that had a natural leak and was not caused by digging. He said this will affect several restaurants in the area as crews need to shut the water off to dig it up and fix it.

“It’s a cast iron line, which is a really brittle line,” Turner said. “So if you have a shift it might make a clean break all the way through instead of just like a hole. It would be a circular break and pulled the iron through the pipe.”

Turner said they will not know what is wrong with the line until they turn the water off and dig it out.

Turner said while he does not know exactly how much water is leaking, it is coming out on both sides of the road.

Turner said Tuesday morning crews had fixed the leak around midnight. He said they ended up having to replace around six feet of pipe.