Water service restored at Hoover shopping center after water main break
Water service has been restored to an area of Hoover after a water main break Saturday.The water was turned off at about 8 a.m. after Central Alabama Water (CAW), formerly Birmingham Water Works, was notified of the break.Crews arrived to the 3000 block of John Hawkins Parkway (State Highway 150) near the Patton Creek Shopping Center and found that a 16-inch water main had broken. It took almost seven hours to complete the repair.Water service was restored at about 3:45 p.m.CAW advises customers who were affected to run cold water through their faucets for five minutes to flush the pipes if they experience air in their plumbing or brown water.>> WVTM 13 ON-THE-GO: Download our app for free
Water service has been restored to an area of Hoover after a water main break Saturday.
The water was turned off at about 8 a.m. after Central Alabama Water (CAW), formerly Birmingham Water Works, was notified of the break.
Crews arrived to the 3000 block of John Hawkins Parkway (State Highway 150) near the Patton Creek Shopping Center and found that a 16-inch water main had broken. It took almost seven hours to complete the repair.
Water service was restored at about 3:45 p.m.
CAW advises customers who were affected to run cold water through their faucets for five minutes to flush the pipes if they experience air in their plumbing or brown water.
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