Crews still making repairs 24 hours after water main break in University City

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A water main break in University City is still impacting thousands of people Tuesday morning nearly 24 hours after crews initially started making repairs.

It started around 7 a.m. Monday, and the outage is impacting residents in the Mallard Creek and the UNCC area of Charlotte.

Charlotte Water officials said crews were able to identify a broken 24-inch water main in the Mallard Creek area at Mallard Creek Church Road at North Tryon Street.

Just before 11:30 a.m. Monday, Charlotte Water crews had successfully closed valves in order to isolate the broken water pipe and water pressure was building back up in the pipe network.

According to the Charlotte Water director, the water main was damaged by a drilling contractor.

Officials said the southbound-eastbound lanes of West Mallard Creek Church Road (Berkeley Place Drive to North Tryon Street) and one southbound lane of North Tryon Street at the intersection will be closed through at least Tuesday morning to replace a broken water pipe.

That means residents living in apartments on Berkley Place Drive and Brickleberry Lane are having issues with their water and it will be like that into Tuesday morning.

Charlotte Water said it is monitoring water quality in the area.

The water main break forced the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to scale back operations on Monday.

UNCC sent out a “Niner Alert” saying they were going to reduce operations on campus, which means staff and students should work remotely unless they are already on campus.

School officials said there would be modified dining options available on campus.

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