Water Pressure Returns After Minneapolis Water Main Break
Posted at: 01/03/2013 4:57 PM
| Updated at: 01/03/2013 9:48 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis officials say water pressure is back to normal for most residents and businesses after a break in a 3-foot water main flooded downtown streets.
Officials say the water is safe to drink. About a half-dozen buildings near Thursday's break are still without water service. Crews will work through the night to repair the ruptured transmission line.
Around 2:30 p.m., private contractors working on a development project struck and ruptured a line that delivers water to a large part of Minneapolis.
City crews isolated the broken water main, so water pressure has returned to normal. About 14 million gallons of water flowed out of the system.
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Information from: Star Tribune, http://www.startribune.com
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