Around nine o’clock this morning, I turned on the kitchen faucet only to find the water pressure was pretty much nil. I let it be for a while, thinking something was probably up with some water pump somewhere, and it would be back online soon enough. My most excellent neighbor called a few minutes later, saying she was in the same boat.

A quick call to Denver Water revealed that we had a broken main on our street. Funny thing is, an even quicker glance out front would have revealed the same thing: the street was totally flooded. The break was right in front of our neighbor’s house.

This’ll learn me to sleep in and not take a shower first thing. The Platte Canyon Water District official says we’ll be back online this afternoon. As I write this (at 11:45am), they are in the street locating gas pipes before the digging begins.

I’ve got a Christmas party at 7pm. A shower before then would be good. I’ll keep you posted.

Pictures, courtesy of the same neighbor who called this morning:

It’s not supposed to be like this.

This is my neighbor’s sidewalk, immediately to the south of my house. The water is flowing right about where I stop shoveling when it snows. It’s okay, they wanted to redo that landscaping anyway. No, really.

The middle of the street, just a few yards south of my property line. Spring water might sound neat, but as soon as it happens to you, it loses pretty much all of its luster.

More of the Estes Street Spring, looking across the street from my house. I’m going to have to tell the neighbors not to strike the asphalt with their staff anymore! (That pickup truck didn’t float away, if you’re wondering.)

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• Posted by Tim on Saturday, December 13, 2003 at 11:47:01 am PST
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