Some Pittsfield Township residents lose water due to water main repairs
About 75 homes in Pittsfield Township near Washtenaw and Hawks avenues lost their water service due to a glitch being repaired in the water main system today, said township Utilities Director Craig Lyon.
Water service to homes on Hawks, Seminole, Oakdale and Dalton streets could be down until 7 p.m. or longer if further difficulties in making the fix are experienced, Lyon said.
Updates are being posted on the township website at http://www.pittsfieldtwp.org/. Those who have questions or concerns should call 734-822-2110.
The homes were part of a larger area in which water was shut down this morning. Crews are working on the fix for the problem and were able to restore water service to most homes within a few hours, Lyon said.
The problem occurred as part of work to replace old water mains between the Washtenaw and Packard Avenue corridors in Pittsfield Township.
Residents in that area may see a rusty color in their water, but should just run the faucet with cold water until it goes away. There are no water-boiling requirements, he said.
Crews will be flushing hydrants to reduce the possibility residents will experience decoloration in their water.
Tina Reed covers health and the environment for AnnArbor.com. You can reach her at tinareed@annarbor.com, call her at 734-623-2535 or find her on Twitter @TreedinAA.
Comments
Basic Bob
Fri, Aug 6, 2010 : 9:37 a.m.
@sellers, This is about the maintenance of the water lines owned by Pittsfield township. It has nothing to do with where the water comes from. Detroit Water System has the capacity to serve the township, while Ann Arbor has to contend with ground water contamination issues. Saline has filtration issues. It seems like a beneficial arrangement.
PittsfieldTwp
Fri, Aug 6, 2010 : 8:28 a.m.
Sellers, Yes. Even not considering this project. Detroit city council votes to increase water rates, and residents of Pittsfield get an increase. Aleast that is how it has happened the last two times.
4 Fingers
Fri, Aug 6, 2010 : 6:25 a.m.
I completely agree. this project was rather poorly planned out. twice this year businesses were without water because of this project, not to mention the one lane closures all summer. I would think that some of this work (especially in the commercial areas) could have been done at night when businesses are closed. But I guess then the township would have had to pay extra for the job, so instead let's have tax paying businesses lose income....what will next year bring??
sellers
Thu, Aug 5, 2010 : 9:29 p.m.
@dading, I was referring to the fact that YCUA, which services most of pittsfield is actually serviced by Detroit for water supply. They are a regional reseller and infrastructure provider of sorts. Ann Arbor, Saline, Milan for example, all service themselves with their own supply and infrastructure. I should have been more clear.
AA
Thu, Aug 5, 2010 : 7:07 p.m.
If you have lived in this area you would see in this particular project a total lack of planning, qualified employees and no regard for the people residing here. This has been a disaster from day one, and if you think the quality of this infrastructure improvement is going to last for any number or years, or problems (i.e., sanitary and storm water hookups, broken mains)to homeowners who have NO CLUE to what damage occured underfground in there front yards during this extremely haphazard project. The contractor(s) will leave, cash county checks, and... so long suckers.
dading dont delete me bro
Thu, Aug 5, 2010 : 3:54 p.m.
@sellers, detroit is not ycua. ycua = ypsilanti community utilities authority
sellers
Thu, Aug 5, 2010 : 1:09 p.m.
Would pittsfield be better served by Ann Arbor versus Detroit (YCUA)??
beard
Thu, Aug 5, 2010 : 12:53 p.m.
This has been the most ridiculous project. They finally "finished" Washtenaw last week and opened the 1-3 lanes they closed daily. It seems strange that last year, they repaired the roads, tearing them up and completely replacing them; Then this year, they need to replace or add fire hydrants, and to do so they have to tear up the roads. Whoever is Pittsfield's planner should be fired. The businesses in the area have suffered repeatedly by this project. During Ann Arbor art fair, there was a day were the water was completely shut off to Washtenaw businesses for the entire day (8am - 9pm). On a day where many people enter the county to spend money, it is a shame to deny these businesses what they deserve. What can restaurants do without water? What about a car wash? How about the laundrymat? In these economic times, we can not afford to be put in this position by poor planning.