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GLWA Isolates Break on 54-inch Water Transmission Main in Southwest Detroit

GLWA ISOLATES BREAK ON 54-INCH WATER TRANSMISSION MAIN IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT

GLWA has successfully isolated the break on its 54-inch water transmission main at Beard and Rowan in Southwest Detroit.
Impacted area is approximately from Chatfield (north)-Lafayette (South)-Lewerenz (east)-Solvay (west).
Water levels are receding in the impacted area.
GLWA coordinating emergency response with DWSD and City of Detroit.

DETROIT – Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) Field Service crews and contractors have successfully isolated a break on a 54-inch steel water transmission main at Beard and Rowan in Southwest Detroit. The break, which occurred in the early morning hours of Monday, February 17, 2025, was on a steel pipe originally built in the 1930s.
Water levels in the impacted area, which runs from approximately Chatfield on the north to Lafayette on the south to Lewerenz on the east to Solvay on the west are receding as GLWA continues emergency response efforts in conjunction with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) and other City of Detroit agencies.

More updates will be provided as they become available.

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