Service Restored After 2 Water Mains Rupture in Walnut Creek Area
WALNUT CREEK (CBS SF) -- Water service was restored to dozens of households after 2 water main breaks occurred in the Walnut Creek area early Saturday morning. The breaks turned streets into rivers and made for a busy day for crews from the East Bay Municipal Utility District.
The first break happened in unincorporated Contra Costa County, where a 6-inch cast iron main pipe burst on Newell Ave., just outside of the Walnut Creek city limits at 1:15 a.m., according to EBMUD spokeswoman Tracie Morales.
Forty-three customers were affected by that break, Morales said.
One of them was Wade Martin.
"I woke up this morning to make some coffee and get a drink of water and nothing came out of the faucet. I thought that it might be just our house until I looked outside," Martin told KPIX 5.
The second occurred within the city limits near the intersection of Walnut Boulevard and Ygnacio Valley Road and was reported at 2:46 a.m.
Repairs to the Newell Avenue pipe were completed at about 2:30 p.m.
Crews finished repairing the second main pipe that broke around 4:30 p.m.
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