LAKE HAVASU CITY
www.lhcaz.gov
Charlie Cassens
Communications & Intergovernmental Affairs
Office
– (928) 854-4212 Cell – (928) 486-8879 Fax – (928) 680-4892
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September
18, 2007
Water Line Break Closes Schools Tuesday
A
break in a large city water main may affect water service to thousands of Lake
Havasu City residents Tuesday. City
crews were repairing a leak in a 36 inch pipe at the drinking water treatment
plant near Port Drive and Copper Drive late Monday night when at 3 a.m.,
slippage in the line caused a second break approximately 1,000 feet from the
first. Normal pumping to storage tanks
that serve a major portion of the city was interrupted, creating the
possibility that water demand in the central and lower south portions of the
city may drain storage, resulting in isolated to widespread outages during the
day Tuesday.
The
possibility of no water prompted school officials to close all schools, including
the high school Tuesday, with the expectation they will be reopened Wednesday.
The
repairs are expected to be completed sometime Tuesday and citizens are being
asked to cease all non-essential water use, including outdoor irrigation, until
the pipeline is fixed and storage tanks are allowed to refill.
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