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Staff Photo by Tim Barber/Chattanooga Times Free Press - Feb 22, 2011 - Mark Shadrick, employee with the Tennessee American Water Company, calls for crews to turn off a water valve at Cowart and E. Main Street at noon Wednesday.
A break in a water line has shut down water across downtown Chattanooga, a Tennessee-American Water spokeswoman said today.
“It’s affecting entire downtown Chattanooga,” Kim Dalton said.
Dalton said a contractor not affiliated with the water company struck a 24-inch main water line this morning on 14th and Cowart streets. She said water crews are in the process of rerouting water and fixing the pipe.
She said she did not know how long water would be out in downtown, but crews were working as fast as possible.
BlueCross BlueShield’s headquarters on Cameron Hill and the Chattanooga Times Free Press were without water, affecting thousands of employees.
BlueCross BlueShield has set up a shuttle service for its employees to other downtown locations that have water.
For complete details, read tomorrow’s Times Free Press.
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Cliff has worked for the Times Free Press for five years and covers Chattanooga city government. He previously covered Rhea County, as well as transportation and growth and development in Southeast Tennessee. A native of Maryville, Tenn., Cliff graduated in 2003 from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis on journalism. Before coming to Chattanooga, he was a crime reporter with Hernando Today, a supplement of The Tampa (Fla.) ...
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From newschannel9.com: "John reports that an AT&T crew was laying fiber cable and cut the 24-inch water main."
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