The Fort Worth Water Department is working to repair a large water main break in downtown Fort Worth Thursday morning.
The Fort Worth Water Department says they hope to have a large water main break in downtown Fort Worth repaired by Friday morning.
The water main break occurred at about 4:40 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of W. Lancaster Avenue and Collier Street, near the Cook Children's Medical Center's Child Study Center., the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, showed water gushing from the breach and filling the roadway along with the medical center's parking lot where it flowed over curbs and grassy areas.
Mary Gugliuzza, a spokesperson for the Fort Worth Water Department, told NBC 5 Thursday morning the line was a 30-inch main that was tied in with other large lines and that closing all of the valves took some time.Construction crews work to repair a broken water main in Fort Worth, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.
The exact cause of the break has not yet been determined, but Gugliuzza said contributing factors to water main breaks this time of year are generally related cast iron pipes cracking when the very dry ground around them shifts. Gugliuzza said there was some water in a nearby building but that it's not yet clear how severe the damage is to the building. The sidewalk outside the medical center was also damaged when the water pushed through the ground.
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