DETROIT (WXYZ) — A water main break in Detroit has flooded a street during the morning commute.
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A portion of Mellon Street is flooded, with the water main break being near the intersection of Major Street and Mellon Street.
The Detroit Water and Sewage Department told me they are not sure when this water main break started, and are determining whether or not to close the road.
No word on a cause yet. The water nearly covered the wheel wells of a van that drove through.
7 News Detroit spoke with DWSD deputy director Sam Smalley.
He said, "So, there's actually been four breaks at that location. We repaired three of them. Prepared to make the fourth one. Obviously that main can be suspected to be non-serviceable now."
"As soon as we fix one, another one pops up in a close proximity but in a different location," he explained.
Smalley said eleven crews are working to fix 1 to 1.5 breaks per day, citywide.
He said the rising temperatures only add to the problem.
"So, when it gets cold, the number of breaks increase, but then when we get more moderate temperatures like we have now... 36 isn't really moderate... but there's more expansion and contraction that occurs. So, it's not quite over yet," Smalley explained.
