Crews finish fixing water main break in South Portland

SOUTH PORTLAND (WGME) — The Portland Water District says it’s finished fixing a water main break that left streets closed and basements flooded in South Portland.

The break happened Sunday afternoon in the area of Waterman Drive and C Street.

The Portland Water District says a 1965, cast iron water main failed, and there was a 7-foot-long split.

Two residents say their basement was flooded with waist-high water.

One says this has happened before, and she paid out of her own pocket to fix it.

The water district says homeowners should reach out to their insurance companies for reimbursement, then file a claim with the water district.

“If somebody in the process is looking for reimbursement of some kind, we’re looking for invoice that they’ve incurred to take care of whatever happened on site, and that is the reimbursement process and how we go through the whole claims thing. That’s usually the process of how it goes,” Ryan Bourque of the Portland Water District said.

The water district says everyone got their water back around 5 a.m. after the crew worked overnight, and crews were expected to finish cleaning up by 5 p.m. Monday.