EBMUD Revises Damage Estimate In Water Main Break

ORINDA - Repairs to a broken water main in Orinda were completed Monday night after crews spent almost six hours working on the 12-inch cast transmission pipe, East Bay Municipal Utility District officials said.

EBMUD spokeswoman Tracie Morales-Noisy said crews completed repairs on the 20-foot section of the pipe, as well as road paving around 10 p.m.

The Moraga-Orinda Fire district received reports of the broken water main line in the 300 block of Glorietta Boulevard at 8:39 a.m. Monday.

Firefighters and EBMUD crews responded to the break and had the water shut off to the main by 9:30 a.m., according to fire officials.

Repairs began at about 4 p.m.

It initially caused EBMUD customers in the area to lose water service, but service was back to all customers by about 10:30 a.m., Morales-Noisy said.

Morales-Noisy explained that EBMUD was able to restore water service because the affected pipe was not a distribution pipe but a transmission line that connects to a distribution reservoir.

EBMUD officials initially said there was also a home with property damage but have since clarified that it was actually two homes that sustained damage.

-Bay City News