Underground water main break disrupts supply on Blue Rock Rd, Cincinnati OH


An underground water main has broken near Blue Rock Road, causing brown water and lack of clear flow. About 30 houses have no water supply, and firefighters have no water source to fight fires.
Audio|Source: Hamilton County Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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We were doing a hydrant check for a resident.
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We are at near Blue Rock Road.
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Can you do a priority notification for waterworks?
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We have, we tried to flow this hydrant, and it's coming out with complete brown and sediment and will not go clear.
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It looks like there is an underground water main break, and it's affecting probably 30 houses here where they have no water to drink, and we will not have a water supply to fight a fire.
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So we need this water main fix, please.
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That's clear.
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And you said it wasn't running, it won't run clear?
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That's affirmative.
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We try to flow it.
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It comes out solid brown and it stays that way, and then there's a bunch of air in the line, and it keeps blowing air, so we have almost no water source here on Blue Rock Road.
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Location mentioned:
Near Blue Rock Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45239
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