Water restored to nearly 6,000 Quinte West residents
Global News
Water has been restored to almost 6,000 Quinte West residents after a watermain breakage.
Tuesday was a day like any other at the Grind & Vine — coffee was made, and customers were served.
You’d be forgiven for not realizing the store had to be closed down a week ago due to a broken watermain.
“Actually, we didn’t know until we got in to bake everything and to make coffee that we had no water coming into the building,” says Taylor Russett, owner of Grind & Vine.
They weren’t alone. Almost 6,000 Quinte West residents awoke to the same situation.
“We had a major leak from our 20-inch high prescon pipe underneath the Trent River,” says Chris Angelo, director of Public Works for Quinte West.
According to the city, the almost 60-year-old pipe had a life expectancy of 80-100 years.
“We’re not certain what cause the premature partial failure of that pipe or the leak,” says Angelo.
“That’s part of our investigative efforts now that we have this temporary waterline in service.”