Houston Water Leiden: residents of the second station who have to do with water leaks for almost 2 years

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – The residents of the second station are frustrated with running water leaks on your street.

The first report from 311 was created in July 2023 for LECKS at the Everton and Preston intersection. Since then, around 25 calls have been made.

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There are two leaks at the intersection. One seems to come from a fire hydrant and lays out a steady water flow into the nearby drain. On the other side of the street there is a leak underground that has left water messenger in the grass and on the roadside.

People who live in the area said that they made the sidewalks of mud and standing water unusable and caused a problem with mosquitoes.

ABC13 turned to Houston Public Works (HPW) and Centerpoint, of which the residents say that they also work in the region and had representatives at the location within two hours to assess the problem.

HPW said you have fixed the problem several times in the past. A spokeswoman said that a thorough investigation was carried out to determine why the leaks take place. They believe that their lines and their hydrants are hit, and that causes the leaks.

Her crews worked on Friday at 4 p.m. at the leak near the hydrant.

Centerpoint told ABC13 in an explanation: “At this point, we cannot carry out the required repairs of the customers until the water leak was repaired by the city.”

The crews are working on resuming streets in the area and announced ABC13 that they cannot map the street in the Everton and Preston area because of the leak.

311 Data show that water leaks described the most as a problem in the city. In the last 30 days, more than 3,900 calls have been made for water leaks. The city reports that 80 percent are determined within 10 days.

In A The latest interview with Mayor John WhitmireHe said reporter Mycah Hatfield that the ongoing leaks in the whole city have a priority for his office. He said they had a large number of leaks and not enough HPW employees to fix them.

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