UPDATE | Water main repaired on busy DeKalb road near I-285 - The Atlanta Journal Constitution

UPDATE | Water main repaired on busy DeKalb road near I-285

A broken water main that partially closed a DeKalb County road for most of the day Tuesday has been repaired, officials said.

DeKalb police alerted officials to the break, which began disrupting traffic around 7:45 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Glenwood Road near I-285, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation. About 12 hours later, the DeKalb Department of Watershed Management announced that crews repaired the broken line.

Officials said water should be restored, and anyone experiencing brown water should run their faucets to clear the internal plumbing.

DWM have repaired the broken— DeKalb Watershed (@DeKalbWatershed)
#WaterMain at the 4500 block of Glenwood Rd. As water service is being restored, customers experiencing brown water should run the faucets inside & outside their homes/businesses to clear internal plumbing. For more info, call 770-270-6243. pic.twitter.com/AVxo3lVPvR October 31, 2023

Figuring out which pipe needed to be repaired was not an easy task, according to County Communications Manager Andrew Cauthen.

“It’s not like one valve can turn off several miles of pipe,” he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It’s a bunch of valves ... and they have to isolate and figure out where they need to make the repair.”

Cauthen said the cause of the break remains under investigation.

Water Main Break says— Triple Team Traffic (@WSBTraffic)
@mckayWSB in News Chopper 2 shuts down Glenwood Road/wb west of I-285. Avoid in DeKalb County. #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/dt94s1W0Uu October 31, 2023

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