Service restored after Everett water main break forced business closures
EVERETT — A water main break along West Marine View Drive affected about a half dozen businesses along the city’s waterfront, city officials said.
Water was shut off for businesses located between the Grand Avenue pedestrian bridge and Naval Station Everett. A number of them, including Woods Coffee and the Sound2Summit taproom, were closed Wednesday morning due to the lack of running water.
The outage began around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, forcing the closure of a lane along West Marine View Drive. Public works crews worked through the night and as of 11 a.m. Wednesday, city officials said water service was restored to the affected businesses, less than 24 hours after the shutoff began.
To fix the pipe, the city shut the water off to the affected area before digging a trench to determine if the pipe needs to be either repaired or replaced, wrote Apryl Hynes, a public works department spokesperson, in an email Tuesday. Then workers repair or replace the pipe and test it to ensure it doesn’t leak. They then filled the trench and could restore water services, she wrote.
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