NORTH MIAMI, FLA. (WSVN) - Crews are working to contain a water main break that has created a mess in a North Miami neighborhood.
City of North Miami Public Works crews responded to the rupture near Northeast 114th Street and 18th Court, just off Biscayne Boulevard, Tuesday morning.
7Skyforce captured brown water flooding the streets near multiple apartment complexes, as well as crews pumping water out of the ground with a backhoe in an attempt to effort repairs.
City of North Miami Water & Sewer crews responded in the early morning hours to the emergency water main break and remain on scene to make repairs.
A spokesperson for North Miami wrote, “Residents in the surrounding area may experience low water pressure and temporary traffic impacts while crews complete the work.”
Area resident Maria Velasquez said she was affected by the water main break.
“We woke up here 7 in the morning, 6.30 in the morning. Everybody’s trying to go to work and it was like I showed you in the photo. It was all flooded, all pack of, you know, like, sewer,” she said.
Velasquez said she was one of many neighbors who did not have any water at their homes on Tuesday morning.
“People are just like you know they had to go to work without like. even showering. One of the biggest concern was like, well, we don’t have water,” she said. “It’s very inconvenient. Send us communication, something that we know at least how long it’s going to take, when the water is going to come back.”
Hours later, 7News cameras captured a very different picture. The flooded streets were nearly dry and water service had started to return.
While service has been restored, residents are urged to boil their water or use bottled water until bacterial testing returns to acceptable levels.
City officials said they are investigating what caused this water main break.
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