As temperatures dropped to record lows last weekend, crews worked on several water main breaks in Doylestown Borough.
On Saturday, a leak emerged on Broad Street, said Phil Ehlinger, the borough’s deputy manager. “It was a slow leak so we decided to schedule the repairs for Tuesday, as Monday was a holiday,” he said, in an email.
Then, on Sunday morning a more significant, 10-inch water main broke on Church Street at Mechanics Street, Ehlinger said. In freezing temperatures, a public works repair team worked until 8 p.m. to repair the rupture, finishing in the snow. Several of the crew then turned their attention to salting the town’s roads.
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