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Dover to Bill earraft builder owner for 3-milion gallon waterleck

Dover-die city plans Bill al Fleury, the owner of the former ear craft music building, for all costs that resulted from a recent water leak of 3 million gallons that led to an almost 24-hour search.

The city administrator Michael Joyal said that the preliminary estimated costs for Dover for the emergency from February 7th to 8th are $ 57,500.

“About 34,000 US dollars are water for the estimated 2,500 gallons per minute, which was not checked for almost 23 hours from a fire pipe that was broken in the building,” said Joyal in an e -mail.

Joyal said that Dover “informed the construction owner about our intention to reimburse the costs for the incurred costs and to wait for the final invoices of the various participants and agencies.”

The break was in the basement of the former Ohrhör -Music building in the 432 Central Ave. Discovered that has been free since 2022 when the company was closed and the Fleury building was bought.

Fleury, a developer who is known as the owner of the Goat and Bernie's Beach Bar, was contacted for a comment on Tuesday. He said that he had nothing “something” into account from the city.

“We contacted our insurance company,” said Fleury.

Joyal said: “Our inspection staff met with representatives of real estate to evaluate the conditions of the property after the line break, which occurred in itself and let water flow under the building into the Cochecho flow. Health or the safety of nearby properties.

Fleury has previously announced that he is planning to develop the old earphone building building, possibly with a restaurant and music event location, but he has not announced any plans.

How did the water interruption occur? Who replied?

On Friday evening, February 7th, the city's water monitoring system, the supervisory control and the data acquisition known as SCADA was the alarm, which, according to John Storer, the director for community services from Dover, flows out more water from the system than it took.

The alarm led to an almost 24-hour search in the city and became an emergency operation when the community services could not find the break. Dover Fire and Rescue as well as the police and the police were called by Dover, which used a helicopter. Three separate contractors were also appointed to offer their specialty to find the leaks with solid characteristic technology.

An emergency protection announcement was also set up, and the residents were informed that their water would be switched off for a short time while the leak should be identified and asked for the help of the residents to report on water anomalies. During the last hours of searching, the residents received an emergency to save water, including taking showers or washing dishes.

Around 9 p.m. on Saturday, February 8th, the break was discovered after a Dover Fire & Rescue -Crew first arrived on site and, according to Storer, heard a “roar” of the outer of the old ear trade. The firefighters quickly found the break in the basement of a “separated fire line”.