Major water line break reported near country club, Austin TX
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Other Non-Crime EventAs discussed during the dispatch call, a utility worker reported a large water line break near Spring Lake Drive affecting the Balcones Country Club area. The worker suspected it was a private irrigation or reuse line releasing hundreds of gallons of water per minute and requested contact with property representatives and nearby pump stations to stop the flow.
Audio|Heard on: Travis TX Utilities Group Calls
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01:15
Transcript:
00:00
Nine and seven three to control.
00:02
Go ahead. Comments SR (number withheld), (number withheld) on Spring Lake Drive.
00:12
Go ahead. So I ended up contacting the on-call supervisor because what's broken out here seems to be its reuse, but it's not a city asset.
00:25
It looks like it might be a main irrigation line out here for Balcones Country Club.
00:35
And I need you to try to do two things.
00:38
Try to contact someone on record for Balcones Country Club to let them know that there is a major break on their property because I can't find any irrigation valves or irrigation meters out here to shut off and try to isolate this for them.
00:55
And contact pumping stations.
01:01
That control the reclaim out here, and see if there's something that they can do because this is a lot of water.
01:07
This is hundreds of gallons a minute.
01:10
Sorry, this is hundreds of gallons per minute that's coming out down the street.
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Location mentioned:
Balcones Club Dr, Austin, TX 78750
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