Water Line Break Causes Large Fountain in Downtown La Junta

Description: Downtown La Junta had an impromptu fountain Thursday and La Junta city crews worked diligently to lower the pressure and fix the problem.

City of La Junta Crews Repaired Major Water System Damage Caused by Contractor

...Subsequent Problems Have Been Under Repair For About A Week

Seco News spoke with city officials and received the following press releases...

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Those in the area affected area had short term service interruptions. It was limited disruption at the downtown Seco News office.

Seconews.org would like to thank the City of La Junta for their efforts in making public information easily accessible to the public in a timely manner. Municipalities and public organizations can send their press releases to ahart@seconews.org. 

It was a wet Thursday morning, July 30th in downtown La Junta. Modern Woodmen of America and The Department of Cuts had a watery surprise at their doorsteps. (Photo credit: Abby Hart)

(Photo credit: Abby Hart)

Before city utility workers could do repairs they had to relieve the water pressure, however they already had their equipment in place.

City of La Junta workers had to gradually equalize the water pressure. They worked from 1st to 4th Streets between Santa Fe and Raton Avenues. Here you can see them quickly sealing up the water main valve on 1st Street in front of the city electrical plant.

(Photo credit: Abby Hart)

The hydrant on 2nd and Colorado was opened.

(Photo credit: Abby Hart) Standing water on 2nd St. as seen looking East from Colorado Ave.

Update:

The City of La Junta Lifted Water Restrictions 

Press Release Follows:

The city crew was dealing with additional damage on Friday afternoon. The La Junta Public Notices page indicated that the crew had to replace a broken valve at 2nd and San Juan as a result of the previous damage.

At about 1 pm on Friday city crews closed off the hydrants downtown. Subsequent problems occurred at 2nd and San Juan Avenue, which took several days to repair. Sections of 2nd St. were closed off for about a week as the utility crews worked to fix the problems. 

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