Crews Continue Addressing Thousands Of Water Outages
BALTIMORE (WJZ)--Cold temperatures and frozen water lines are causing water lines to bust---leaving people without running water.
Marcus Washington has the details.
For more than a week one Parkville woman says she has been without running water in her home.
"It's called living on bottled water and snow to use the toilet," said Pat Moorefield.
The problem--called the worst in years, comes from freezing temperatures causing water pipes to burst.
One salt truck is found trapped in a ditch caused by a water main break in Baltimore County.
Leaving people in this neighborhood--you guessed it, without running water.
"Taking litter precaution of our own, filling up some water, buying some water," said Matt Brown.
Since February 14th, the Department of Public Works has received more than 8,000 customer service requests dealing with no water, to flooding.
So many requests that it is a challenge to get to everyone quickly.
"I don't mind so much waiting my turn, but after nine days, things start getting old," said Moorefield.
The Department of Public Works is responsible for 4,000 miles of waterline, and to fix the water main breaks workers are working around the clock this weekend to get to those homes left dry.
"That also includes citizens with water in their basement or water outside that is leaking. So we are going to use this weekend to really get after it," said Jeffrey Raymond, Baltimore City Dept. of Public Works.
To prevent freezing or re-freezing, it's suggested that you leave a stream of water running from your faucets.
If there is not water running to your home, it's suggested the opposite--to turn your faucets off to prevent flooding once water in restored.
