Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The March 18 water main break created a crater that shut down the entrance to Chevy Chase Lake Drive from Connecticut Avenue for more than a month.
Repairs to the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Chevy Chase Lake Drive are mostly complete, as evidenced by the recent re-opening of the entrance to Chevy Chase Lake Drive from Connecticut Avenue. Chevy Chase Lake Drive's entrance was shut down for more than a month after the March 18 massive water main break sent about 60 million gallons of water shooting three stories into the air, causing an embankment along Connecticut Avenue at Chevy Chase Lake Drive to erode and creating a huge crater, Patch reported. Both the damaged water main and the road needed major repairs. Investigations into what caused the water main break continue, Patch reported.
Monday, April 8, 2013
The fiber optic monitoring system meant to warn WSSC of impending breaks in the water main did not fail, WSSC engineers said, Bethesda Now reported.
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission engineers still do not know what caused the massive water main break on March 18 at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Chevy Chase Lake Drive, but they say that the fiber optic monitoring system installed in the pipes in 2010 did not fail, Bethesda Now reported. The monitoring system detects only the sounds of snapping steel wires in the concrete pipes, but as the steel wires did not snap before the break, the monitoring system could not detect the impending break, WSSC chief engineer Gary Gumm told the Montgomery County Council’s Transportation and Environment Committee on Monday morning, Bethesda Now added. But, "[that] is a distinction however that has very little comfort to our community …
On Monday, at 9:30 a.m., the Montgomery County Council's Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee will be briefed on what has been learned so far about the water main break at Chevy Chase Lake Drive and Connecticut Avenue.
As cleanup continues around the crater formed by March 18's massive water main break at Connecticut Avenue and Chevy Chase Lake Drive, many questions have arisen about how the water main break—from which 60 million gallons of water were lost, necessitating mandatory water restrictions in two counties—could have happened. This Monday, at 9:30 a.m., the Montgomery County Council's Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee will be briefed on what has been learned so far about the break, according to an email statement from Neil Greenberger, spokesperson for the Montgomery County Council. The Washington Post reported that a Chevy Chase resident noticed "water squirting up from an opening in a circular metal plate …
Friday, April 5, 2013
On Monday, at 9:30 a.m., the Montgomery County Council's Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee will be briefed on what has been learned so far about the water main break at Chevy Chase Lake Drive and Connecticut Avenue.
As cleanup continues around the crater formed by March 18's massive water main break at Connecticut Avenue and Chevy Chase Lake Drive, many questions have arisen about how the water main break—from which 60 million gallons of water were lost, necessitating mandatory water restrictions in two counties—could have happened. This Monday, at 9:30 a.m., the Montgomery County Council's Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee will be briefed on what has been learned so far about the break, according to an email statement from Neil Greenberger, spokesperson for the Montgomery County Council. The Washington Post reported that a Chevy Chase resident noticed "water squirting up from an opening in a circular metal plate …
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The acoustic fiber optic monitoring system was not designed to detect a leak like the most recent one—on March 26—in the Chevy Chase Lake neighborhood.
Update, Tuesday, March 26, 2:45 p.m.: Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission crews found a leak in a pipe joint in the 54-inch-in-diameter transmission main near 3217 Coquelin Terrace, in Chevy Chase on Tuesday, a WSSC news release said. Crews are making plans to repair the leak, but there is no estimate how long it may take. The pipe is about 1.2 miles from, and is connected to, the water main that broke March 18, the release said. Crews initially thought the leak might be in a relief valve, "but a closer look confirmed the leak was in the transmission main itself. WSSC workers have isolated a portion of the pipeline for repairs [and an] emergency contractor is standing by to begin making repairs," the release said. While the main does …
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Water restrictions necessitated by a massive water main break in Chevy Chase on Monday, March 18, were lifted at about 6 p.m. Saturday.
Mandatory water restrictions necessitated by a massive water main break in Chevy Chase Monday were lifted at around 6 p.m. on Saturday, according to a Montgomery County email alert. The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission lifted the water restrictions—which asked residents of Montgomery and Prince George's counties to reduce water consumption by 10 percent—following the completion of repair work to the broken 60-inch-in-diameter main. The restrictions were in place for four and a half days. The ruptured main is back in service, "but restoration of the area, including roadway, sidewalk, removal of damaged trees and work on the stream bed near the break, will take weeks," the alert reported. The additional work will require the right-…
Get caught up on headlines you might have missed in Montgomery County.
With websites across Montgomery County, Patch brings you news from every corner of our community. Catch up on headlines you might have missed this week, including a plan to dedicate travel lanes for a rapid bus network on Rockville Pike, a car crashing into a chicken restaurant and a massive water main break that led to water restrictions in two counties. Planners Want 2 Rockville Pike Travel Lanes Dedicated for Bus Network BETHESDA—Montgomery County planners are recommending that two travel lanes of Route 355 from the Capital Beltway to Western Avenue be re-purposed as dedicated rapid transit bus lanes. Read more on Bethesda Patch. Massive Water Main Break on Connecticut Avenue CHEVY CHASE—A 60-inch water main broke Monday night at around…
Friday, March 22, 2013
WSSC hopes to have the repaired line back in service by the end of the weekend.
Repairs to the 60-inch-in-diameter water main that burst Monday night on Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase are nearly complete. A new pipe section was put in place Thursday, and the grout in the pipe joints cured overnight. Early Friday morning, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission crews "slowly opened a valve to begin filling the isolated stretch of pipe," according to a statement on the WSSC website. On Friday, WSSC crews were slated to "[flush] the repaired line during the day, which is part of the standard decontamination process to ensure water quality, before putting the transmission main back into service," the statement said. The Acoustic Fiber Optic monitoring system was re-installed yesterday, The Washington Post reported. …
Two northbound lanes on Connecticut Avenue are open after a ruptured 60-inch main sent water gushing three stories high Monday.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Water restrictions are in place in Montgomery and Prince George's counties until repairs to the Chevy Chase Lake water main are complete, which could take several days.
Update, 1 p.m., Thursday, March 21: Repairs to the 60-inch water main that burst Monday night in Chevy Chase continued on Thursday. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission crews removed the damaged 20-foot section of the pipe and are working to weld a new section in place, according to a WSSC statement issued at noon Thursday. "Once repairs to the pipe are complete later this afternoon it will take several more days for the work to conclude," the statement read. Only the right-hand northbound lane of Connecticut Avenue between Dunlop Street and Manor Road in Chevy Chase Lake remained closed Thursday. Mandatory water restrictions continued Thursday for Montgomery and Prince George's counties. "There is evidence that [water] consumption is …
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8:46 am on Monday, April 8, 2013
A week after this event, we saw water coming out of the pavement on the street in front of our house. I immediately called WSSC's emergency number. Three days later, there was no evidence that anyone had even investigated (I work at home and didn't see any WSSC trucks or personnel out there). I called again and was told that someone had looked at it and determined that it was just a leak and … more ›