Water main break in Woodmere

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By Dov Winston

Issue of August 1, 2008

A water main break in Woodmere on July 22 damaged 26 homes on Saddle Ridge Road, causing flooding in the streets and inconveniencing local residents.

According to Greg Healy, spokesperson for Long Island American Water, the exact cause of the break is still under investigation.

“The break happened at about 9:30 p.m. and crews were on the scene by 9:45 and worked diligently through the night making sure the 12 inch main was repaired and service was brought back to customers,” he told The Jewish Star.

Basements were filled with gallons of water and driveways and garages were covered in sand. It took close to eight hours –– until 6:00 a.m. the next morning –– for the area to be cleaned.

Long Island American Water has spent close to $30 million in the past three years updating their systems; projects like the 2.3 mile water main replacement on Broadway will not be affected by this.

“There is no way to tell if this could happen again,” Healy added, but “we are always updating our infrastructure and we always are doing a lot of projects and spending a lot of money fixing things.”