CAPTION: Workers from Craig Construction work Friday morning to repair 24" water main that blew out Thursday evening at the intersection of McAdoo Dr. and Coveshire Place in Madison. The break has cut off water to about a third of Madison's residents and closed Bob Jones and Discovery Schools for the day. (Bob Gathany/bgathany@al.com)
MADISON, Alabama - The 24-inch water main break that affected roughly 2,500 Madison residents and forced Bob Jones High School and Discovery Middle School to close was repaired around 4:15 p.m. Friday.
Madison Utilities General Manager Ricky Pounders said repairs are complete and water pressure will gradually keep increasing overnight.
Pounders said crews were making improvements and adding additional water lines in preparation for the summer when the water main break occurred in the area of McAdoo Drive and Coveshire Place.https://c754d1f2410e7ab13a9db99fe5715357.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html
Pounders said the precautionary boil advisory will be lifted Saturday night and that the investigation surrounding the water main break will conclude as soon as next Tuesday.
"We don't want to drag our feet on this. Anytime you have a boil advisory, that's a very serious event," Pounders said.
