![]() ![]() That section of the pipe was installed in 1965 and a Greenville Water System engineer said at the time it should have lasted 50 to 100 years. The break in the concrete pipe in 2002 caused an immediate drop in water pressure for customers across the county served by the huge main until crews from the Greenville Water System could turn off the water flow to that section of the line. in a wooded area behind the Terra Pines subdivision on Greenville's Eastside, forcing hundreds of thousands of gallons of water to gush from the ground. See more photos from the water main break. In that break, a water main ruptured before 2 a.m. FebruA water main break in downtown Greenville caused travel delays Wednesday morning. Taylors residents awoke to low water pressure in November 2002 following a water main break just a few hundred yards from the current break. Whether water service will be available to the soccer complex during repairs could not be immediately determined. In a call to parents, Mitchell Road Elementary principal Amy Kern confirmed water service had been restored to the school.Ĭrews believe the break happened when the pipe's concrete encasement gave way. Repairing it is expected to be a big job involving diversion of the creek under which the line runs, Vassey said. Returning the valve to the correct position will soon restore water service to the affected customers, Vassey said. But a valve previously left in the wrong position meant some area residents and the school were receiving their water at least in part from the now-compromised main. The broken main is intended to directly serve only the Brushy Creek Soccer Complex, said Olivia Vassey, Greenville Water spokeswoman. A water main break in downtown Greenville Wednesday morning damaged a part of Coffee Street and shut down the road between Spring Street and Church Street. The disruption caused low water pressure for many residents and disrupted water service to nearby Mitchell Road Elementary School. Greenville County Schools spokesman Oby Lyles said the district provided bottled water, portable toilets and hand sanitizer for students and staff. Water flooded the low-lying wooded area along the banks of Brushy Creek. Residents in Terra Pines and other neighborhoods described hearing what sounded like an explosion followed by a rumble as thousands of gallons of water gushed through the broken main and into the air. Greenville County Sheriff's deputies and firefighters responded to the water main break near East North Street and Brushy Creek about 1 a.m. The 48-inch water main burst early Monday morning, shooting water dozens of feet into the air and waking neighbors in the Terra Pines subdivision, between Old Spartanburg and Hudson roads. Greenville Water customers on the Eastside should see their water service returning to normal after an early morning water main break sent a geyser gushing skyward. ![]()
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