The Atlanta Department of Watershed Management recently discovered a pipe leak at the 14th Street Waterworks Facility near the Hemphill Steam Pump Station, according to a press release.
Repairs are scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday, April 2 and will continue until the leak is repaired. Out of an abundance of caution, DWM has notified customers, critical facilities and businesses to be prepared in the event of possible loss of water service over the course of the repairs. To mitigate the risk of an interruption, prep work to install leak control equipment is currently underway.
The cause of the leak has not yet been determined. However, DWM plans to excavate the water main to determine the exact cause of the leak after all of the temporary leak control measures are in place.
Traffic will not be impacted by the repair.
DWM staff will monitor the repair as it is underway as well as the water pressures at our Hemphill Steam pumping station on a 24-hour, seven-days-per-week basis.
If the leak becomes uncontrollable during the repair, there is a potential for water service to be interrupted over a wide area as DWM will need to temporarily shut down the pumping station to regain control of the leak. The potential water outage could impact a significant portion of DWM’s service area, including the City of Atlanta, City of South Fulton, Union City, City of Fairburn, etc. However, some areas may only experience lower than normal water pressures.
Information: ATL311 at 404-546- 0311.
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