No, not because of nonpayment. They cleverly choose to do this at 4AM tonight and say it could be 4 to 8 hours. Should this ever happen to you there are two things you should do. If you do nothing you could create a maintenance nightmare. First turn off the water to everything beforehand. When they turn it back on, DO NOT just open the valve. Usually when they do this they are working on the main water line for your business. When that happens they usually get a lot of sand in the line. So when water is ready keep main valve off and hope you have another line before that. Turn that one on for 15 to 20 minutes to flush the line, then open the main.
City turning off the water
- Thread starter mac
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Mac, great information. The first thing we do is turn off all the power to the equipment. We turn off the water at the backflow. When they turn the water back we flush from the backflow, leaving the discharge from the backflow closed.
DiamondWash
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The best is when the city DOESN'T tell you they are working on the main and all that crap comes through.
I've had that happen a few times, it really good for the pumps to run them dry with no water.
I had a cat 3535 with steam coming off of it from running with no water a while back. I was shocked it still runs perfectly fine.
We have frequent main breaks during the winter...Our crews never turn off the water flow. Normally the pipes twist but are still in-tack, but spraying water like you've never seen once they've dug down to the break. The crew then draws straws to see who gets to get in the hole to fix the leak. The youngest guy always draws the shortest straw! Hmmmm! They get in the hole and put a SS clam shell looking clamp on the pipe and tighten a row of bolts on the clamp with a cordless impact. Once tight, it seals tight and fixes the leak....
A few years back, we had a main break within 20' of the wash. I was told not to worry and that I wouldn't have to shut down. I stuck around to watch how they pulled it off. Pretty slick way of fixing a break. This was probably an 8" main. No dirt, no sand, no discoloration of the water because the pipe is always under pressure during the fix....
A few years back, we had a main break within 20' of the wash. I was told not to worry and that I wouldn't have to shut down. I stuck around to watch how they pulled it off. Pretty slick way of fixing a break. This was probably an 8" main. No dirt, no sand, no discoloration of the water because the pipe is always under pressure during the fix....
