- July 3, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
SARATOGA SPRINGS – A water main break triggered a boil water advisory for the entire city Thursday night that remained in effect heading into the holiday weekend, sending businesses scrambling to adapt.
The problem emerged on Thursday around 3 a.m. when staff at the water treatment plant became aware of a “considerable” loss of water by the city’s reservoir, according to Commissioner of Public Works Anthony Scirocco.
Department of Public Works Utilities Department workers subsequently discovered a break in a 16-inch water main running below Green Street from the treatment plant. Utility crews dug into the road and found a horizontal crack in the main that required replacing 10 feet of pipe.
The water flowing through the line needed to be shut off before the work could be performed, which the city could only partially accomplish with the existing infrastructure. The city ultimately called in HydroTech of Massachusetts to install an…