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10/11/2007: "If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another"

(Town crew starts repair on drain line)

Town crews have been busy making repairs on both pressure and drain lines in Friday Harbor. In August the crews worked their way down Spring Street (aptly named) searching for the source of a leak in a water main. The leak was found and fixed , but this week it sprung a new leak and it was deja vu all over again.

The crews quickly found the problem, make the patch, and then went to work (photo above) correcting a drain line that was at the wrong elevation, which has resulted in the backing up of drain water on Spring street. The Town has been aware of the problem, but wisely waited until after the summer season to tear-up the street to make the repair.

At some point the Town will make major improvements, not only to the water supply and drains, but to the road bed as well. The cost and disruption that it will entail is not something that anyone is looking forward to, but in the mean time the old infrastructure will be kept in working condition by continuing to make repairs as needed.