Waterline Break

Saturday - May 1: A major waterline break forced Wellsville's water supply to be shut off. The break occurred in a 14" main supply line between 7th & 8th St. on Commerce. The break happened late morning today and by noon Buckeye Water was forced to shut down the whole system in the village.

BWD officials told us the break was causing the Rt. 45 storage tank to rapidly drain indicating it was a huge break. Further evidence of the break is how the street buckled around the leak on Commerce.

Around 3:30 this afternoon the break was located and repairs should only be a few hours away once the necessary equipment is located. Hopefully this is the only break needing repair. If it is water should be back on well before night fall. Keep your fingers crossed.

Potable drinking water has been made available at the new Pumping Station behind the car wash on Wells Avenue. The gates are open and BWD personnel have a hose coming out from under the big garage door. You must supply you own containers. Water is available to anyone from 3rd St. on up. It is only shut off from 3rd toward the downtown area. Please make sure to shut off the nozzle once you got the water you need.

Once the break is repaired water will be slowly turned back on to fill the lines. It may take awhile to get water back for folks living in the lower end of the village. Pictured above is what it look like when the break was discovered. The second picture shows how the water buckled the street that is shown with the edge of the hole BWD had to dig. The third picture is the section of the 14" line in front of 718Commerce where the break occurred. The hole in the line is estimated about 2' long with a ragged tear on the bottom side.

Finally, the Old Gray Mayor's Basketball game has been cancelled for tonight because of the break.

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