Staff
It’s not quite time to stop running those taps.
While the weather has been better than it was at this time last year, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown says it’s still a bit early for town residents who had frozen service lines last winter to stop “bleeding” their water lines.
Brown noted that, based on the extended forecast, he expects the public can stop “bleeding” on May 1.
Until then, those who have a history of frozen water lines are asked to keep running a stream of water about half the width of a pencil (just enough so the water’s always running) from the nearest tap where your service line comes into the home.
This should be cold water, not hot.
Last year, prolonged frigid temperatures caused serious problems with frozen water lines.
Brown noted there only were 23 frozen service lines this past winter compared to a whopping 263 in 2014.
