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Water Main Break Briefly Floods Maple Street

[CREDIT: Mike Dooley] A water main break on Maple Street briefly flooded the street Saturday morning.
[CREDIT: Mike Dooley] A water main break on Maple Street briefly flooded the street Saturday morning.
WARWICK, RI — A water main broke on Maple street early Saturday morning, flooding the street with water and cutting water service to some homes.

Mike Dooley, who lives on the street, said he noticed it at about 6:45 a.m. while he was walking his dog, Leroy the dachsund.

Dooley reported the break to the police and city and took a few photos, including some of the Warwick Water Department’s crew at work addressing the break. Some houses have no water, others have brown water, Dooley reported. There was minor street flooding until the Water Department turned off the water line.

“They turned the water off and there was a pretty big hole in the street under the tar. Backhoe is digging it all up now. They claim that they will have the water back on in a few hours though, we shall see,” Dooley wrote at about 11 a.m.

Travel on the street is occasionally blocked as equipment is moved to make the repair, Dooley said.

[CREDIT: Mike Dooley] A Warwick Water Department crew makes a repair of a water main break on Maple Street.
[CREDIT: Mike Dooley] A Warwick Water Department crew makes a repair of a water main break on Maple Street.

 

Rob Borkowski
Author: Rob Borkowski

Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at [email protected] with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.

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