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Most Of Century Without Water For Most Of Sunday Due To Water Main Break
August 19, 2024
A significant portion of the town of Century was without water for most of Sunday.
A water main break was reported Sunday morning in front of Bondurant Ace Hardware at 8511 North Century Boulevard.
For more photos, click to enlarge.
The town notified NorthEscambia.com about a boil water notice for the entire town about 11 a.m., but providing no other information or updates . That boil water notice remains in effect.
Due to the water main break, the Whataburger restaurant on North Century Boulevard closed for the day.
Sunday night, residents began to report the return of water service. Work at the leak site had ceased by about 9 p.m. The Town of Century did not provide any updates.
Escambia County Fire Rescue put plans in place for a second alarm for any fire call in Century in order to automatically send water tankers form neighboring fire stations, accordioning to Escambia County Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore. However , there were no fires reported during the water outage.
Pictured: Repair to a broken water main Sunday afternoon on North Century Boulevard. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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8 Responses to “Most Of Century Without Water For Most Of Sunday Due To Water Main Break”
Thanks Willis. I didn’t know that the pipes were Terra cotta. That explains a lot, plus they are probably pretty old and the ground can shift dut to a number of things.
@ Just Saying….you are right; but you are also wrong. A leaky pipe doesn’t care who is in office but inattentiveness to infrastructure needs does. Not minding the store as to the town’s infrastructure-that’s really at the core of this….so save the red herrings for some other fisherman….anyone with their eye on the ball can see what’s going on. Oh yeah, and what about all the $$$ being paid to these so called “advisors”, couldn’t they have seen this coming?
@Thomas Paine- It’s a shame no one ask about the candidate’s record for water leaks when they are campaigning. Let’s be realistic, a water leak doesn’t know or care who holds the seat of mayor. Council members or any other office.
You get what you vote for Century. Unfortunately the good people
of Century suffer with those who vote for candidates
For some reason other than ability. Florida would do well to keep this in mind as the Presidential election approaches.
Thanks to the folks that were out there doing all they could to get it repaired. Terra Cotta can be hell.
Sneeze on it and the next piece can start leaking.
Nothing to laugh at for the residents of Century are having to go without the most basic thing for survival in this heat. Not everyone has air-conditioning. But I am curious as to the reasons why this town is having such difficulty with the water systems there. I have never heard of any other township in Northwestern Florida going through such continuous problems.
ROFLOL
God Bless the people of that town. Will life ever get better for them?