Water main break shuts down supply in Winooski, Winooski VT
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, a major water main break near Tigan Street in Winooski caused a widespread water service shutdown. Crews from the water department and emergency personnel coordinated repair efforts and arranged for tankers while the system was being shut off. Officials prepared public notices and press releases about the outage affecting large parts of the town.
Audio|Heard on: Chittenden County Fire and EMS
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02:39
Transcript:
00:00
The trooper that was here put out a press release about water going down for export.
00:10
Stand by. Just reevaluate it when everything's shut off.
00:16
I'm sure (name withheld) will go up and check the paint level for us.
00:20
Copy that. We're working on all that right now.
00:23
About to tow the car off, then we'll have a better idea.
00:34
K16 C1.
00:38
You all right, (name withheld)?
00:40
Yeah, it looks like the water's stopping at (name withheld)'s and not going any further.
00:47
10-4[1], is that (name withheld) down to Route 2?
00:51
That'd be my guess, but it's hard to really see past the railroad tracks.
00:57
Ten four.
00:59
I'm not seeing any evidence of it further down, like a rescuer in that swale that's next to Rescue and Borden Street.
01:09
Ten four. That line comes off Tigan Street over by near Tigan Street.
01:14
That goes down to Rescue.
01:18
K4 to C1.
01:28
Go ahead, K4.
01:31
Water department has determined they've lost the whole main.
01:35
They're going to go up and get some plans and figure out how to shut off everything.
01:45
(Name withheld) will get a hold of (name withheld) and maybe he can put out a press release saying water was being shut off for a while to certain parts of the town, probably all of town.
02:01
This is the big pipe.
02:03
The village will have no water.
02:08
(Name withheld) making that phone call now.
02:16
We'll make a note to respond with tankers until they just can get in.
02:21
T1 to K4, the southern and K16.
02:35
(Name withheld)'s assistant will be posting notifications wherever possible.
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10-4: Acknowledgment/affirmative
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Location mentioned:
Tigan St, Winooski, VT 05404
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