MIDVALE, Utah – Water services have been shut down in parts of Midvale after a line break along State Street.
Crews with the public works department responded to an area near 8000 South and State Street around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Details about what caused the break were not available.
Our Public Works team is working to repair a main line water break at approximately 8000 S. & State Street. Surrounding areas may be without water or have low water pressure. We do not have a time frame as to when water will be turned back on. We apologize for the inconvenience.
— Midvale City, Utah (@MidvaleCity) January 15, 2020
City officials said homes and business in the surrounding areas might experience outages or low water pressure until the line can be fixed.
The source of the break was found around 1:20 p.m. Crews were working to determine the nature of the problem so they could provide the public an estimate of when the line would be repaired.
Temperatures were in the 30s while crews worked. It was not known if the cold weather contributed to the break.
UPDATE (1:22PM): Our Public Works CREWS found the break. Now they are working to determine if the break is a longitudinal split or a circular split. As soon as they determine the type of split, they will know how long the repair will take. We are hoping for a circular split! 😬
— Midvale City, Utah (@MidvaleCity) January 15, 2020
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