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Water Main Repairs on Friday, February 2, 2024

Below are images taken during and after repairs were made on a leaking water main

A construction site with workers, an excavator, a dug trench, safety cones, tools, and rural surroundings.
Image of a water work crew and heavy equipment operator digging
Construction equipment and vehicles at a desert work site, with safety cones and a trench.
Image of heavy equipment digging at Apple Valley Heights County Water District
Person in a trench handling a large drill, next to construction machinery and earth.
Image of a worker wrapping the repaired water main with plastic
A repaired blue water pipe in a trench, wrapped with tape and plastic.
Image of the water main that water repaired and nearby isolation valve
image of a water main with corrosion protection plastic wrapping
Image of the water main that water repaired with plastic wrapping
A corroded blue water pipe laying on sandy ground with visible interior.
Image of a faulty Mechanical Joint Restraint (MJ) and water main
A mini excavator on a construction site with traffic cones, desert vegetation, and a cloudy sky.
Image of heavy equipment digging at Apple Valley Heights County Water District
A white utility truck parked next to an overflowing fire hydrant in a dry landscape with mountains in the background.
Image of Apple Valley Heights County Water District and a fire hydrant being flushed
Desert terrain with sparse vegetation, a marked utility pole, tire tracks, under a cloudy sky.
Image of the water main repair work area after repairs were made
A desert landscape with Joshua trees, shrubs, sandy soil, and blue skies with clouds.
Image of the water main repair work area after repairs were made
A construction site with workers, an excavator, a dug trench, safety cones, tools, and rural surroundings.
Construction equipment and vehicles at a desert work site, with safety cones and a trench.
Person in a trench handling a large drill, next to construction machinery and earth.
A repaired blue water pipe in a trench, wrapped with tape and plastic.
image of a water main with corrosion protection plastic wrapping
A corroded blue water pipe laying on sandy ground with visible interior.
A mini excavator on a construction site with traffic cones, desert vegetation, and a cloudy sky.
A white utility truck parked next to an overflowing fire hydrant in a dry landscape with mountains in the background.
Desert terrain with sparse vegetation, a marked utility pole, tire tracks, under a cloudy sky.
A desert landscape with Joshua trees, shrubs, sandy soil, and blue skies with clouds.

Apple Valley Heights County Water District notified their Water Resource Control Engineer at the State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water of a planned water main repair for Friday, February 2, 2024.  Notices were being hand-delivered 48 hours in advance to the twelve (12) affected customers.  The water districts had to completely shut-off the water for roughly four (4) hours to remove and replace a rubber gasket on a mechanical Joint restraint (MJ) that connects the water main to an isolation valve.  A section of the water main was also replaced.  The water main was flushed for 30 minutes, and a BAC-T water sample was taken to the lab for analysis.  The following day, on Saturday, February 3, 2024, the water lab called to report that the water sample was absent for contamination.  

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