Hundreds without water in Alexandria after water line break - WTOP

Hundreds without water in Alexandria after water line break - WTOP News

The water outage is in the 5300 block of Duke Street at the London Park Towers apartment complex. Hundreds of people are without water.

A Virginia American Water spokeswoman told WTOP in an email the water outage is due to several breaks on a private water service line belonging to the apartment building.

Even though it is not a Virginia American Water line, the utility has been working to help the owner as they make repairs, and has offered help to provide an alternate source for drinking water, the spokeswoman said.

The Alexandria Fire Department was on the scene Thursday morning handing out bottled water.

One resident, who identified himself as “D.C.,” said that the only communication he has received is an email from the apartment complex telling him a water main break caused the problem, but it didn’t offer a timeline for the repairs.

“It’s a problem because you can’t really use your bathroom, you can’t brush your teeth, you can’t take a shower,” he said.

WTOP has reached out to the apartment complex for comment.

Crews were on the scene Thursday morning and were working in a huge hole that’s been dug in the parking lot.

On Wednesday, the only source of water for residents was the fire hydrants. They were opened up and people were brining buckets out to get water for their toilets. Alexandria’s Office of Emergency Management tweeted that residents are able to catch a shuttle to Patrick Henry Rec Center to get water and use the bathroom facilities.

WTOP’s Jack Moore contributed to this report.

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