At about 6 p.m. on Aug. 12, a water main broke at the intersection of 85th and Greenwood Avenue leaving about 20 customers without water until 4 a.m. this morning.
Yesterday evening, Wednesday, Aug. 12, Seattle Public Utilities received a call shortly before 6 p.m. about a water main breaking on the intersection of North 85th Street and Greenwood Avenue North. The break was caused by an eight inch stub that came loose off a 16-inch water main.
“We aren’t sure what caused it, but it came loose and there’s a good chance that when they plugged this thing up back in 1917 or 1920 when it was put in, they put a cap on it and held the cap in place with wood and it’s possible that the wood rotted,” Andy Ryan with Seattle Public Utilities said.
The broken main left 20 customers without water including six or so restaurants and bars that had to close for the evening.
Seattle Public Utilities worked on fixing the pipe all night, dug up the street, capped the pipe back up and the water came back on at 4 a.m., said Ryan.
