Water main break in Crisfield

leaving residents without clean water through the upcoming easter weekend. 47 abc’s greg guidone has more on what officials were apparently unaware of — and how they’re repairing it. track 1 fixing what no one knew was even there… thursday afternoon in crisfield — highway crews rush to repair a six-inch water main — ruptured the night before — by maryland broadband crews who were running broadband cable 4-feet beneath the street. 00:12:24 they struck an unmarked water main that turned out eventually twelve hours later to be a six-inch water main that we didn’t have on our 1971 water main charts. track 2 mayor kimberly lawson says city water main charts only get updated only when a new one gets installed. the last update came in 19-71 — and this water main — was not included. for better access fixing it — crews had to cut down a tree — one of many planted along the mainline. that — plus high water pressure underground — made for a difficult and lengthy repair. 00:12:37 when that happened it ruptured and for the next 12 hours we were working water pouring out of this main without being able to locate the cutoffs for it. with that, we ultimately had to empty one water tower to take off the pressure. mos 00:43:01-:08 we’ve already experienced a problem last night when we were, even to use the bathroom, you couldn’t flush the toilet. track 3 it’s back up and running. the city says it’s fine to bathe and shower in — but officials are urging residents to boil any water before consuming it — in case any potential contaminants got into the stream. it’s a precaution that will last through the weekend — which being easter weekend — could be a nuisance for residents. 00:16:44 – :55 it is never fun to inconvenience the public, but it is far more improper to not let them know when there’s something like this so that they’re safety is not at risk. sig greg guidone 47 abc as for any other unmarked water mains — mayor lawson says that he and other crisfield officials try to locate them if they exist. the broadband is still expected to be run as originally planned — and the maryland department of the environment will be testing water samples from crisfield in the coming days. the viewing and funeral for a crisfield teen —