Baltimore Reports 1,000 Calls For Water Outages

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The Baltimore City Department of Public Works says crews are struggling to keep up with water outages caused by frozen pipes as bitter cold continues to grip central Maryland.

Maintenance crews from the Bureau of Water and Wastewater are working 12-hour shifts to deal with outages caused by leaks and breaks in water mains. The department has also hired private contractors to help with the workload.

The department has gotten more than 1,000 calls since Sunday reporting outages.

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