[Chat] Water is off

[Kathleen]

I was going to call it in last week but saw a repair truck just pulling up.  Not sure what they did then but
the water was still bubbling up when I came back from Philly. It has been bubbling up for
quite a while.  They started working on it sometime last night after 6PM.  Emil and I were speculating
about whether they were working at night to get overtime but maybe they were working somewhere
else during the day.  Still with it going on for weeks, not sure why it became an emergency that
needed to be fixed in the middle of the night.  Water came back on at 6 AM.
-Kathleen


On Sep 12, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Linda Forlifer <LEF at press.jhu.edu> wrote:

> Water started coming out of a crack in the road in front of 3046 Guilford a month ago.  I reported it to 311 (#13-00637664).  It continued to leak and nothing was done; a couple weeks ago it had created a foot-diameter hole in the asphalt; by this week the hole was probably ~2 ft round and the road around it was sinking.  I don't know why the city let it leak for so long and undermine the pavement.  Did anyone else report the leak?
> 
> Linda
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chat [mailto:chat-bounces at charlesvillage.info] On Behalf Of Stephen J Gewirtz
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 12:19 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Chat] Water is off
> 
> I went outside, and a city crew is working at the other end of the block (near the southwest corner of 31st and Guilford).  They are digging up part of Guilford Ave. I was told we should have our water back in a couple of hours.
> 
> I just saw Emil's post on the chat list.  He lives right near where the crew is working, and they clearly are working hard.  It takes a lot of work and money to maintain ancient water mains.
> 
> And thanks Emil to for encouraging the fixing of the problem.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On 9/12/13 12:03 AM, Stephen J Gewirtz wrote:
>> At this moment, my house has no city water.  Earlier this evening, I 
>> noticed that the water pressure was lower, but the water was still on.  
>> Fortunately, we have some bottled water in the basement for 
>> emergencies.  Also, earlier this evening, we saw a yellow flashing 
>> light outside on what may have been a city water repair truck.
>> 
>> I did call 311.  If you press 3 after a recording tells you that it is 
>> after hours, you get someone who is supposed to handle public works 
>> emergencies, but she said it could be 24 hours before the water is 
>> back on.  I was given a service request number.  She also said it was 
>> shift change time, so information may not have been available to her.
>> 
>> I am on the 3000 block of Guilford.  It is too late to see whether 
>> others on the block also have no water, so I will ask on these list 
>> serves whether anyone else is having the same problem.
>> 
>> One thing I guess we all are aware of is that the water distribution 
>> system in Baltimore is ancient, and most of it should be replaced but 
>> will not be because of the expense.  At least I am not seeing any 
>> flooding outside, but I may go out and take a look.
>> 
>> Steve
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