WBZ reports on a burst main that sent water cascading into the area around Rutherford Avenue and Arrow Street early this morning.
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By adamg - 9/10/16 - 9:54 am
That she blows! Photo by Rob Cant.
UPDATE: Jamaica Plain News reports on the exact cause. A giant block of granite was involved.
Late last night, a water main blew its gasket at Centre Street and South Huntington Avenue, flooding the intersection and knocking out water service to much of Jamaica Plain - leaving many residents this morning no way to take showers or make coffee. Read more.
By adamg - 6/8/16 - 7:40 am
BosGuy woke up without water this morning, went outside to investigate and found a water-main break at Washington and Waltham.
By adamg - 4/23/16 - 9:38 am
Kristen Adams is among several South End residents reporting their tap water started coming out yellow or brownish last night.
UPDATE: Matt Schneller reports a BWSC crew was out working on the problem this morning and that, whatever the cause was, it seems to be fixed.
By adamg - 2/29/16 - 8:20 am
The Globe posts a database of the more than 3,500 Boston addresses that are connected to BWSC water mains with lead pipes - which means occupants should probably let their water run for a bit first thing in the morning.
By adamg - 11/23/15 - 9:17 pm
Firefighters are on scene; police have shut Centre Street between the Stop & Shop and Columbus Avenue.
By adamg - 10/20/15 - 5:52 pm
On Washington Street just north of the Dedham line. So now parts of West Roxbury don't have water. As of 5:30 p.m., BWSC crews were still on scene working to restore service. At least water wasn't geysering out of the trench onto the street.
UPDATE, 11:15 p.m. Kerry Sweeney reports the water is back, but it's brown.
H/t Tim Sullivan.
By adamg - 10/6/15 - 2:27 pm
Hkergrrl shows us the mess left behind by this morning's water-main break in the North End.
By adamg - 10/6/15 - 7:24 am
Photo by Gabor Korodi. See it larger.
NorthEndWaterfront.com reports a water-main rupture at Prince and Salem streets sent water cascading through the neighborhood and leaving residents with little to no water pressure.
By adamg - 9/30/15 - 8:15 am
Kristie Helms shows us the water-main break on Kneeland Street near South Station this morning.
By adamg - 8/10/15 - 10:59 pm
This is the scene on Cottage Street in East Boston tonight. Kevin Tremko swears those are BWSC workers figuring out how to repair the damage from tonight's water-main break, but it's hard not to imagine it's really scientists trying to figure out what to do about some unspeakable horror unleashed on the unsuspecting neighborhood in a 1950s horror movie.
By adamg - 8/10/15 - 9:05 pm
Ellie shows us Cottage Street in East Boston, where a 10-inch water main just couldn't take it anymore tonight.
UPDATE: Not long after Ellie took the above photo, Kevin Tremko photographed the car in front of the SUV, which now looks like it's not going anywhere anytime soon: Read more.
By adamg - 7/20/15 - 5:44 pm
A Silver Line sprinkler system went kablooie near Courthouse station. As of 5:40 p.m., the Fire Department was halting buses from entering the station, water was pooling to about a foot deep in the tunnel and a BWSC crew was on the way.
By adamg - 6/24/15 - 7:51 am
School Street was blocked overnight after a water main burst near Washington, but Tom Griffiths, who works right there, reports that around 7:30 a.m.
It's fine. All cleaned up, no traffic block.
By adamg - 2/24/15 - 8:21 am
Firefighters and police are at 564 Massachusetts Ave., where a cracked water main has put four feet of water into the basement and sent water bubbling up through the sidewalk outside.
By adamg - 10/24/14 - 11:01 am
UPDATE, 11:15 a.m. Water back on at 273/281 Summer.
Workers at several buildings in Fort Point and along Summer Street report a water-main break means no water for them. 374 Congress St., however, still has water.
By adamg - 8/16/14 - 10:23 am
People in parts of South Boston woke up this morning to little or no water pressure. LVRII photographed the Northern Avenue site of the water-main break that caused the problem.
Above is Boston's newest lake. Below is the bubbling source of the lake:
By adamg - 6/10/14 - 11:16 pm
The American Water Works Association, meeting right here in little old Boston, has named Boston's tap water the best tasting tap water in the country.
Coming in second was water from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, which is kind of odd, given that Boston's water is MWRA water, but, hey, that just means we're twice as good, right?
By adamg - 6/5/14 - 6:39 am
An overnight water-main break means Commercial Street is shut between Charter and Battery streets, CommuterBoston reports.
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