The City of North Battleford was busy dealing with water main break issues in the city on Monday.
The city notified residents on their Facebook page on Monday at 11 a.m.
“We have had several water breaks and some valve issues, so there has been a large upset in the distribution system in the North East corner of the City from 11th Avenue up through Douglas Avenue from roughly 105th Street East. It should settle out throughout the day today.”
The issue came up at council again Monday night with Councillor Len Taylor, who noted he “learned on Facebook the reason why my house was full of dirty water,” and wanted to know if the water main break had been taken care of.
“It is” was the response from director of utilities Stewart Schafer. He also provided an explanation of what happened.
“Someone turned the wrong valve and pressurized the system higher than it was allowed to,” Schafer said. “It broke a number of water mains.”
Within an hour they realized what had happened and closed the value, Schafer said. The water main break issue is now resolved and Schafer said no permanent problems have resulted.
