It could take another week or so to complete repairs to a major leak, though water supplies should remain stable for customers in a large area south of town, Winchester, Tenn., utility officials said.
Winchester Utilities water and wastewater manager Tim Solomon said the leak started where large supply pipes were fused together at a crossing over Boiling Fork Creek. The leak affects customers mostly south of town toward the foot of the mountains, Solomon said Thursday.
About 300 households are in the area supplied by the line, but 10 residences were most affected, he said.
“We put a booster pump in on the lower part of our system to pump water a different direction. There’s no one out of water, now,” he said.
“They would have [water pressure] and then not have it,” he said of initial symptoms of the leak. “We couldn’t get enough water to them until we got the booster pump going.”